HOT COFFEE

dir - Susan Saladoff
prod - Carly Hugo & Alan Oxman
edit - Cindy Lee

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Seinfeld mocked it.  Letterman put it on one of his Top Ten lists.  More than 15 years later, the McDonald’s coffee case continues to be cited as a prime example of how citizens use “frivolous” lawsuits to take unfair advantage of America’s legal system.  But is that an accurate portrayal of the facts?

First-time filmmaker and former public interest lawyer Susan Saladoff uses the infamous legal battle that began with a spilled cup of coffee to investigate what’s behind America’s zeal for tort reform – which threatens to restrict the legal rights of everyday citizens and undermine the entire civil justice system – in the thought-provoking documentary HOT COFFEE.