We all need to protect our civil justice system or there is simply no reason to have it at all. Below is a short description of the film:
HOT COFFEE examines the dangers of so-called “tort reform” and its threat to our civil justice system. Using the now-infamous legal battle over a spilled cup of McDonald’s coffee as a springboard, the film follows four people, including McDonald’s plaintiff Stella Liebeck, whose lives have been affected by their inability to access the courts, and examines the role of corporations and a complicit media in promoting “tort reform.” Directed by former trial lawyer and first-time filmmaker Susan Saladoff. A selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
The film premiers on HBO tonight at 8:00 central. For more information about this film, please visit: hotcoffeethemovie.com, and follow the film on Facebook at facebook.com/hotcoffeethemovie, and twitter.com/hotcoffeemovie.