Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Hot coffee
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| Other authors / contributors: | Franken, Al
Grisham, John.
Hugo, Carly, 1984-
Oxman, Alan.
Saladoff, Susan.
Docurama (Firm)
HBO Documentary Films.
If Not Now Productions.
Group Entertainment (Firm)
New Video Group.
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| ISBN: | 1422973190
9781422973196
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| Notes: | Includes: deleted scenes, interview with the director, and trailer.
Al Franken, John Grisham.
DVD, Dolby digital stereo., NTSC.
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| Summary: | Analyzes and discuses so called "frivolous law suits" and the impact of tort reform on the United States judicial system. Discusses several cases and relates each to tort reform in the U.S.: Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants (public relations campaign to instigate tort reform); Colin Gourley's malpractice lawsuit and caps on damages; the prosecution of Mississippi Justice Oliver Diaz and judicial elections; Jamie Leigh Jones v. Halliburton Co. and mandatory arbitration. Exposes how corporations spent millions on a propaganda campaign to distort Americans' view of lawsuits, forever changing the civil justice system. From the infamous case of the woman who sued McDonalds over spilled coffee to the saga of the Mississippi Supreme Court Justice deemed 'not corporate enough' by business interests, this program tears apart the conventional wisdom about 'frivolous lawsuits.'
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| Standard no.: | 767685253335
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| Publisher's no.: | 253331 Docurama Films
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