Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."
Joan Claybrook
Oliver Diaz
Joanne Doroshow
Al Franken
Colin Gourley
Connor Gourley
John Grisham
Jamie Leigh Jones
Stephanie Mencimer
Victor Schwartz
Wayne Slater
Chris Tiano
Alex Winslow
Chuck Allen
Judy Allen
Jay Angoff
David Arredondo
Tom Baker
Paul Bland
Kenneth Canfield
Ralph Cook
Jennifer Diaz
Betty Farnham
Marjorie Getman
Lisa Gourley
Mike Gourley
Ernest 'Sonny' Hornsby
George Lakoff
Barbara Liebeck
Michael McCann
Craig McDonald
Robert McDuff
Chuck McRae
Ted Poe
Nancy Tiano
Ken Wagner
Peter Whitted
Ken Zeese