![]() ![]() We really need to see if we'll be able to raise more with this real estate on a daily basis than we have been, so we're hoping to see a promising start. The only investors who won’t let independent, investigative journalism down are the people who actually care about its future-you.Īnd we hope you might consider pitching in before moving on to whatever it is you're about to do next. The reality, for these next few months and next few years, is that we have to start finding ways to grow our online supporter base in a big way-and we're optimistic we can keep making real headway by being real with you about this.īecause the bottom line: Corporations and powerful people with deep pockets will never sustain the type of journalism Mother Jones exists to do. So we urgently need this specific ask, what you're reading right now, to start bringing in more donations than it ever has. And even though there's zero cushion to miss the mark, we won't be all that in your face about our fundraising again until June. That means we're going to have upwards of $350,000, maybe more, to raise in online donations between now and June 30, when our fiscal year ends and we have to get to break-even. ![]() We just wrapped up a shorter-than-normal, urgent-as-ever fundraising drive and we came up about $45,000 short of our $300,000 goal. My review of her book is here.īy signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. UPDATE: More about the making of the film here from our own Stephanie Mencimer, author of the wonderful Blocking the Courthouse Door and one of the people featured in the film. This is good stuff, and it’s good to see that it’s going to find a wider audience. I don’t get HBO, but I guess one of these days I’m going to have to break down and do it. (The case was later settled for an undisclosed amount.) The Liebeck suit was a thoughtful attempt to seek appropriate redress for a serious harm, not about a clumsy woman trying to wring millions from an innocent corporation. The headline-generating $2.7 million Liebeck was awarded in punitive damages (selected because it approximated two days worth of the revenues McDonald’s makes by selling coffee) was reduced on appeal to less than $500,000. Her initial complaint requested only about $20,000 to cover her medical bills and other related expenses, and she took McDonald’s to court only after the corporation offered a paltry $800 settlement. Nor was Liebeck greedy or especially litigious. ![]() McDonald’s, which served its coffee at 180 degrees, had received more than 700 complaints from customers, constituting a clear warning, but it nonetheless required its franchises to serve it at that temperature without warning customers. The spill did not cause a trivial injury, but severe burns that required multiple operations and skin grafts to treat. Liebeck was not careless, but spilled the coffee when she, as a passenger in a parked car, took the lid off the cup. Saladoff’s film lays out the real story in lucid detail, and no matter how many times the suit was used in Jay Leno monologues there was nothing funny about it. ![]()
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