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"Hot Coffee" - The Movie
Susan Saladoff, director of Hot Coffee, recently visited Atlanta for a special showing of the 26 minute extended trailer of the documentary still in production. The movie chroni cles the case of Stella Liebeck, an elderly woman severely injured when a cup of coffee from McDonald's spilled in her lap. The movie begins by demonstrating how this case was used as fodder for critics of "frivolous" lawsuits - usually with those critics getting the facts of the case just plain wrong. Ms. Liebeck suffered third degree burns on her legs and genital area so severe they required skin grafts. She spilled the coffee not while driving and trying to drink, but as a passenger in a parked car trying to remove the lid to pour in her cream and sugar. McDonald's had been made aware of hundreds of reports of similar injuries as a result of its coffee being kept at an extremely high temperature. McDonald's employees even admitted, in court, that drinking their coffee at the temperature they require it be kept would result in a person scalding their throat. Saladoff's film seeks to educate viewers both on the facts of this particular case and the ways in which the media reports and responds to cases with large verdicts. She exposes the efforts of some groups, mainly comprised of large companies concerned with their potential exposure as a result of personal injury or product liability cases, to use such cases to limit Americans access to the civil justice system. Eventually, the film will be a full length 90 minute documentary. Two other story lines dealing with Americans' access to the civil justice system will be included and are currently being developed and filmed in the Southeast. With Hot Coffee, Saladoff provides everyone with the information necessary - from all perspectives and in an accessible format - to make their own decision about Stella's case and the current debate surrounding tort reform measures.
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