Promising young lawyer Andrew Beckett has been fired. His former colleagues claim it´s because he´s not good enough. Andrew says it´s because he has AIDS and he´s determined to get a cure. He hires Joe Miller, a controversial young lawyer, to take his case to court while also suing his former employer. It will be a long and tough process full of prejudice and discrimination at the same time as it will also be a fight against the clock...