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Hot Coffee

Duration :

86

Summary: Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his Top Ten list. And more than 15 years later, the infamy of the McDonald's hot coffee case continues. In 1992, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck spilled a scalding cup of coffee on herself, suffering third-degree burns and years of expensive medical treatments that led to her lawsuit that had the whole country talking. This film examines the real story behind Stella's case along with three other cases of people seeking justice for a fascinating look at the tort-reform movement and its impact on our civil-justice system. (TVPG) (AC)

PRODUCER : Susan Saladoff,Carly Hugo,Alan Oxman,Sheila Nevins

DIRECTOR : Susan Saladoff

Genre : Documentary

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