DC, Maryland, and Virginia personal injury attorney David Haynes wrote a guest post for The Complete Lawyer about the famous McDonald's hot coffee spill lawsuit. Â Netflix recently added the excellent HBO documentary "Hot Coffee," which explores this misunderstood case.
The McDonald’s coffee spilling lawsuit transformed itself into a cultural anecdote about trial lawyers run amok and unscrupulous plaintiffs seeking jackpot verdicts. The only problem: the story was completely based on lies.