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Research Guides: Tort Law: Films
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Hot Coffee by Susan Saladoff

Call Number: KF1250 .H68 2011 DVD LAW (Reserve)

This film analyzes the so called "frivolous law suits" and the impact of tort reform on the United States judicial system discussing several cases. The cases investigated include: Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants (public relations campaign to instigate tort reform); Colin Gourley's malpractice lawsuit and caps on damages; the prosecution of Mississippi Justice Oliver Diaz and judicial elections; Jamie Leigh Jones v. Halliburton Co. and mandatory arbitration.

McLibel : the true story of two people who wouldn't say McSorry by Franny Armstrong

Call Number: KD1960 .M355 2005 DVD

McLibel is the true story of a postman and a gardener who took on McDonald’s and wouldn’t say "McSorry". In what became the longest trial in English legal history the "McLibel 2" represented themselves against McDonald’s $19 million legal team.