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Synopsis: Idealistic lawyers Mike Weiss and Paul Danziger are partners. Mike is a drug-addict and Paul is a family man with a pregnant wife. When nurse Vicky Rogers seeks them out, they learn that she contracted AIDS a couple of years ago when she was accidentally pinpricked with a contaminated needle by a violent patient. Vicky shows a retractable safety needle invented by engineer Jeffrey Matthew Dancort, who owns the Safety Point Company, but is unable to sell his product to any hospital from the United Medical group, apart from San Antonio Memorial. Danziger and Weiss accept the case and go to court against United Medical, defended by powerful lawyer Nathaniel Price. Soon, they see all the doors closed in their fight against the powerful mafia of the medical supply system.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen
Production: Millennium Entertainment
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
R
Year:
2011
100 min
$67,071
Website
425 Views


our sell of business were off

the public record.

My client shouldn't have to go

through the expend.

Your Honor, we submitted case

supporting our position...

We are clearly states this were

entitled to these documents.

Alright.

My decisions is this follows...

The court denied document

production 1, 2, 3.

Your Honor, we have the right...

Re-production 1-12 denied.

limiting production to 1 year.

Not 10 years. 16 - 29...

Denied. Court adjourn.

- You must be so relief. - We

are ecstatic.

lt's been 3 years in the making

and we finally got some justice.

Mr. Lanier, how'd you supposed

the jury arrived at the 53

million verdict?

Well, l think the jury

basically took that figured

from the profits that the

Not putting the safety feature

on.

They are not gonna let

corporate greed triumph the

value of human live.

Now let's talk about the family.

We're dealing with an 8 year

old boy.

How they are doing right now?.

Yeah, you know they're doing

okay.

Safety point is bigger case

than that.

Yeah, in human life don't they

got car accident at least in 1

time?

You know the biggest reason is

for people get the car accident?

Eating while driving.

Nope, that's only 19/.

Talk to the other passenger.

- 81/. - Fascinating.

- Where are you going?. - l'm

gonna have talk to him.

Hey, hi, fellas.

You boys hungry?.

Yeah, sure.

Well, the process is one for

your fight in the court for 3

weeks...

Then you got a...

PO going.

And then we have that fight,

and we'll win that fight.

Can you bring us a couple of

Shrew cocktail please?

l'm allergic to fish.

- Good to see you in the venue.

- Yes.

Listen, l don't wanna be here

today a law firm.

l like to talk, you know. One

person to another.

What do you want?

lt's actually what l don't want.

l don't wanna see you two

going down. And you'll going

down.

Do l care who win or loses?

Hardly. l have a job. l do my

job and l get the other day

anyway.

How much you get paid?

You're funny, Mike. l like you

have the sense of humor.

Who do you work for, Price?

Oh, you know who my client is.

l mean, you look at 300

attorneys, 200 does on the top.

And l trust experts on the

country.

Millions of dollars resources,

and action of every corner of

the health care system.

Not to mention the justice

system.

- Don't forget the newspapers. -

The banks.

That's correct.

Your client...

He's an idealistic bump who's

been knocking every door in the

city...

Try get a loan.

And you know why he's not get

one?

lt's my client didn't want him

to.

So are you saying there's a

possibility of us actually

settling this fairly?.

No, absolutely not.

That's one thing. The only

thing my client can afford...

That they'll give you

settlement, they'd be looking

for lawsuit for the rest of

Hey, l gotta do that.

So just do yourself a favor,

cut yourself lose now.

l mean, you guys got a case no

way out.

Well, we appreciate your

concern.

Son...

You can't make chicken salad

out of chicken sh*t.

Good day.

Bob.

She left a note.

lf you want me to keep my mouth

shut sign the f***ing papers! -

Jamie

What's up?

The McCoy & Partners just back

out on Dancort.

They were last investors.

Sorry.

Me too.

ls there anything l can do?

Can you convince another firm

to come aboard and take over

the case?

Sorry.

You need something?.

Bills.

The most pressing bills are the

electric and the phone.

l got an extension till Monday.

lt's okay, just...

l'll figure something out.

Hey, Hun. Sorry, it should be

about 10 more minutes...

No, no, no. Can you drive?

Okay. Well, get in the car...

And go straight to the hospital.

l'll meet you there. No, go

straight to the hospital.

You call a sex therapist. Whom

l'm speaking with?

Hey, l'm Mike.

Are you okay, Mike? Do you need

someone to talk to?

i've been better. my wife left

me.

l've been better.

yeah, she took all my furniture.

i'm sorry baby..

i wish she left me my aligator.

you know my alligator is 49

years old?

wow.. that's cool for a pet.

actually not for an alligator.

you don't sound that old Mike.

me, no.. i'm..

i'm in my prime.

is that your baby crying?.

no, that's the..

that's the office next door.

it's a pediatric and therapist.

little late for a baby to be at

the doctor, isn't it?

tell me what's on your mind,

Mike?

i don't like to be alone.

feels better now, that you're

talking to someone else,

doesn't it? -yeah.

you think we could meet up?

possibly..

Mike, do you have a credit card?

yeah, hang on.

.. like to encourage you to

take yourself to our clinic

it's just two blocks away in

please, so if you have a

stomachache, a sprain ankle,

anything that does not need a...

i'm gonna get fired. they're

not gonna kick me out today.

what's going on? who's getting

kicked out? -welcome to the

hospital.

i'm sorry.

they cancel my insurance today.

pre-existing condition.

what kind?

from getting yourself stab by

sharp objects?

let me go talk to somebody. -no

no.. please..

it's okay. i'll take care of it.

here Pete, why don't you go get

the boxes for him?

David, Kia, you go and help him

out, okay?. -come on guys.

hey guys.

why don't you let me talk to

somebody, Vicky?.

you okay?.

thank you.. -sure.. you alright?

what about you?

that's.. yeah..

i'm good.

Sarah, this is Mike. -hello.

so strange being on the other

side of things.

having all the floor nurses

stand over me.

i trained some of them.

they got this..

crazy patterns on their shirts

these days. suppose to calm the

patients, but..

ends up making you feel dizzy.

so, you said you had something

for me?

you know it's true what they

say about the stages you go

through..

denial.. anger.. acceptance..

bla bla bla..

but it doesn't happen as

cleanly as phamplets tell you.

in reality,

it's a stew.

everything happens all at the

same time.

just because..

we can't really get over the

dark parts

doesn't mean you can't get to

the good ones.

sometimes the brightest light

comes from the darkness places.

here you go.

thank you.

where did you get this?

don't worry where we got them

from.

hey. -hey.

Thompson Needles coming out

with their own lines of safety

needle. you think they're

Mike, we need to talk. -yeah,

we do.

these are internal documents

for th.. -Mike listen.

proving that these Thompson.. -

Mike, stop it please.

Kim had to go to the hospital

last night. -what?

she's fine, flase alarm. -is

everything okay?. -no.

everything is not okay. our

insurance laps.

what do you mean our insurance

laps?

you told Sylvia to pay for you

to attend the United Medical

Health Supplies dinner from the

that you would pay the

insurance bill, later.

i'm sorry. it's not how i meant

for it to happen.

not how you meanted to happen,

Kim is pregnant, Mike.

f***.

i don't see how we can possibly

continue the case.

no.. -Mike..

Paul, listen.. -you agreed, we

would drop this. -i agree to

take this to another firm.

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