Everyone thinks they know the facts about Stella Liebeck and the McDonald's hot coffee case, but a new movie tells the real story. The movie, "Hot Coffee," premieres at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2011. Here is a lengthy video interview with Stella's family that tells the true story of the hot coffee case, but see the movie. It has been getting rave reviews.
The rhetoric behind tort reform has caused damaging effects to the rights of injury victims in St. Louis and the rest of Missouri and Illinois. In fact, it has affected juror attitudes across the entire country. If you think you know the story, watch this YouTube video and see if you are right!