Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."
| Directing | Susan Saladoff | Director |
| Production | Sara Bernstein | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Erin Crumpacker | Associate Producer |
| Production | Carly Hugo | Producer |
| Production | Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alan Oxman | Producer |
| Production | Betsy Rate | Associate Producer |
| Production | Rebecca Saladoff | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Michael Mollura | Music |
| Editing | Cindy Lee | Editor |
| Sound | William Britt | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tyler Cartner | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Eric Gitelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Johnpaul Golaski | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Wil Masisak | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Lorenzo Millan | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | John Moros | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jeff Seelye | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Matt Sheldon | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Michael J. Walls | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Winter | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Jesse Durell | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ben Watts | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Louis Fox | Animation Director |
| Editing | Geof Bartz | Consulting Editor |
| Editing | Christopher Branca | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Tonianne Fleig | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Chris Hurtt | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Jamie Meyer | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Lukas Persson | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Raphael Rice | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Rebecca Saladoff | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Caitlin Tartaro | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Editing | Justin B. Tolley | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Isaac Urwin | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Svetlana Zill | Additional Editor |
| Sound | Kevin Bluhm | Music Editor |
| Crew | Joel Goodman | Additional Music |
| Sound | Tara Hunnewell | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Keith Kohn | Music Producer |
| Sound | Alec Puro | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | Elizabeth Christine Jawski | Transcriptions |
| Production | Adam J. Segal | Publicist |
| Crew | Karen Shatzkin | Legal Services |
| Camera | Martina Radwan | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Steven Capitano Calitri | VFX Director of Photography |
