Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system. Washington Legal Foundation. Cross-posted by Forbes.com at On the Docket The Merriam Webster Dictionary’s definition of the word “propaganda” is “ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one’s cause or damaging an opposing cause.” That definition fits a spare-no-expense 90-minute documentary movie titled Hot Coffee. The purpose of the movie’s dedicated producer, Susan Saladoff, a Oregon plaintiffs’ lawyer, is to undermine the purpose and credibility of the United States’ civil justice reform movement.
While the movie’s pro-plaintiff’s transparency may elude some, it is more likely to be the center of a ruckus cheering section for the plaintiffs’ bar. The Infamous Spill. Publicity about the McDonald’s “hot coffee case” convinced many Americans that our legal system was broken. Playing to her plaintiffs’ lawyer crowd, Ms. Hot Coffee states that in the ten years prior to Ms. What Hot Coffee does not show or discuss is the real impact of frivolous lawsuits. Pain & Suffering Caps. Judicial Elections. ATRA :: The American Tort Reform Association.
Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform. Heritage Foundation: Anti-Consumer Protection Agency Video. Power of the Market - Consumer Protection