Dueling Documentaries

You’ve maybe read about the pro-trial lawyer documentary out recently from HBO called “Hot Coffee” in The Atlantic.  (The title “Hot Coffee” refers to the famed McDonalds case of a few years back, when a woman was awarded some $3M+ by a jury for overly-hot coffee spilled on her by McDonalds.)

Now there’s “Injustice,” which asks, “What do you have to do to earn a billion dollars in lawyer’s fees?”  Steve Forbes calls it a “Must-See.”

The State Bar of Michigan notes the arrival of both on its blog:

Trial lawyers feeling the love from the HBO documentary “Hot Coffee” might want to brace themselves for the hot splash of contempt coming from ReelzChannel’s anti-trial lawyer documentary InJustice, backed by the Chamber of Commerce.  The film focuses on class action lawsuits and the  so-called “kings of torts,” including Richard Scruggs, now in prison for attempting to bribe a Mississippi judge.