Title:
Hot coffee [DVD video] : is justice being served?
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
[United States] : Docurama Films : New Video, c2011.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781422973196
Abstract:
Analyzes and discusses 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.'
General Note:
Title from container.
Includes: deleted scenes, interview with the director, "Take Action: What you can do, teaser, and trailer.
Performers:
Al Franken, John Grisham.
Technical Details:
DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital stereo.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
English audio.
Audience:
No rating available.