The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case
Mike tells Sarah how a tragic story became a national punchline and a decades-long moral panic. Digressions include a sympathetic psychic, a paternalistic principal and a manure mishap. Mike appears to be unaware of the difference between a cousin and a nephew.
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Links!
- Distorting the Law: Politics, Media, and the Litigation Crisis
- Java Jive: Genealogy of a Juridical Icon
- Newsweek’s “Lawsuit Hell” story
- Retro Report’s “The Misunderstood McDonald's Hot Coffee Lawsuit
- Adam Ruins Everything’s “The Truth About the McDonald's Coffee Lawsuit”
- Swindled’s “The Lawsuit”
- Susan Saladoff's "Hot Coffee" documentary
- McTorts: The Social and Legal Impact of McDonald's Role in Tort Suits
- Legal Urban Legends Hold Sway
- Revisiting The United States Application Of Punitive Damages: Separating Myth From Reality
- Six Myths of Capping Pain and Suffering Damages
- The Monster In The Television: The Media's Contribution To The Consumer Litigation Boogeyman
- The Beginning And The Possible End Of The Rise Of Modern American Tort Law
- Debunking Medical Malpractice Myths: Unraveling the False Premises Behind "Tort Reform"
- Blocking the Courthouse Door: How the Republican Party and Its Corporate Allies Are Taking Away Your Right to Sue