Hot Coffee (film)
| Hot Coffee | |
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| Directed by | Susan Saladoff |
| Produced by | Susan Saladoff Carly Hugo Alan Oxman; co-producer: Rebecca Saladoff |
| Cinematography | Martina Radwan |
| Edited by | Cindy Lee |
| Music by | Michael Mollura Joel Goodman |
| Distributed by | HBO |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hot Coffee is a 2011 documentary film that analyzes and discusses the impact of tort reform on the United States judicial system. It is directed by Susan Saladoff, who has practiced as a medical malpractice attorney for at least 26 years. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2011, and later aired on HBO on June 27, 2011, as a part of HBO films documentary summer series. The title is derived from the Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants lawsuit, in which the plaintiff Liebeck was severely burned after spilling into her lap hot coffee purchased from a McDonald's.