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Mike McKetta to participate in panel discussion on Sundance Documentary “Hot Coffee”
Mike McKetta to participate on panel discussion following a showing of the 2011 Sundance Documentary “Hot Coffee.”
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. with appetizers and film begins at 6:00 p.m. with panel discussion to follow.
University of Texas School of Law
Francis Auditorium
727 E. Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705
Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than fifteen years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald's coffee case. It has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America's legal system, but is that a fair rendition of the facts? Hot Coffee reveals what really happened to Stella Liebeck, the Albuquerque woman who spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonald's, while exploring how and why the case garnered so much media attention, who funded the effort, and to what end. After seeing this film, you will decide who really profited from spilling hot coffee.
RSVP by April 10 at www.acslaw.org/HotCofee_AustinRSVP
Sponsored by Public Justice, American Constitution Society, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, UT Law Student Chapter of American Constitution Society, UT Public Interest Law Association, and Texas Journal of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights.
