Hot Coffee Official Trailer

The official trailer for Hot Coffee, a documentary film by Susan Saladoff.

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[artistbeinghuman]

Really enlightening to hear this (honest) perspective. There really is a widespread notion that "frivolous" lawsuits and tort law are unfair to business. That is nonsense. The 7th amendment guarantees access to courts. Corps want to deteriorate that right. Corps are coming at our rights from every angle.

[Avon53]

I've carried the facts of the Liebeck case with me in my briefcase every day for many years, so as to be able to rebut any false aspersions about a "jackpot" won.

Ms. Liebeck never collected the $2.9million because McDonalds was found on appeal not to be at fault. A much smaller award fit their local franchisee, which had served the coffee far hotter than McDonalds standards. (In fact, McDonalds had penalized the franchisee previously for that). So Ms. Liebeck got some justice but not much!

[GetOffMyNutsac]

@TheBullionBull I am a lawyer, I see a lot of people try to bring frivolous lawsuits, but such suits are very expensive to litigate and most lawyers dont want to take a case they will lose. By the time cases make it to trial, I assure you, very few are frivolous. In addition, when frivolous lawsuits are brought, it is because the law ALLOWS them and REWARDS plaintiffs with big settlements- this is up to the lawmakers to reform the laws to PREVENT this. I wonder why they dont

[TheBullionBull]

Obviously the general public got the wrong idea about the Liebeck coffee case, but that doesn't change the fact that plantiff's attorney's are bleeding the society dry with illegitimate and over-stated claims. Its fine to put the hot coffee myth to rest, but don't act like frivolous lawsuits aren't needlessly jacking up the cost of insurance on doctors, small business, etc. Schools are afraid to have playgrounds now for crying out loud because a kid might fall down and break their arm.

[jreneeb]

A lot of you have commented against the "frivolous" lawsuits, so I am only guessing that this trailer is as far as you got. You need reserve your judgement until you have watched the whole documentary.

[aliveagain09]

Oh those poor corporations who have...um, insurance! Thats who really fronts the bill, so who cares if a lawsuit is considered a bit frivolous. Whether its plaintiff or defense it has less to do with justice and more to do with the " gamble of the game."

[ricochecagou]

Thank-you HBO for this documentary....before then I bought into the propaganda and thought Liebecks Hot Coffee lawsuit was frivolous after seeing this documentary which showed the pictures of her third degree burns. I will rethink voting for any judge or politician pushing for limiting people rights to be fully compensated for the damage they have sustained.

[colinberry1]

Well our legal system here in the UK is nothing more than a joke; it's nice to know that in the US there is still some justice left. A horrific accident when 4 washing machines fell 2 of which hit my wife the washing machines fell from 30 ft. It happen in 2003 and she is still waiting for her compensation, Google, bad accident at Costco's

[TheRepublicOfUngeria]

tort law is completely fair. And people forget, you can counter sue!

[JerseyBiscuit]

@SuperGuitarman69 It's beliefs like yours which make movies like this so absolutely necessary. Do your homework. Corporations are buying the judicial system, and chipping away at your rights with a sledgehammer.

[rubino83]

@SuperGuitarman69 Those poor, put-upon corporations, being hit with all those vaguely-defined frivolous lawsuits we read about in our inboxes almost daily. And their only crime is making unsafe products. Where's the justice anymore? =(

[blaaket123]

Best documentary I've seen since 'Smartest Guys in the Room" and " Hoop Dreams'