Frank Galvin

Frank Galvin was the protagonist of the 1982 movie The Verdict. 
He was portrayed by Paul Newman.
Galvin graduated from Boston College's law school. Galvin had a promising legal career ahead of him at an elite Boston law firm until he was framed for jury tampering by a partner due to his plans to expose the firm's underhanded activities. Because of this he left that firm and his marriage fell apart.
Descending into alcoholism after this, Galvin became little more than an ambulance chaser who had very few cases that he argued, losing all of them.
In 1982 Galvin's friend and former teacher Mickey asked him to take on a medical malpractice case where the defendant was sure to settle. The case had involved a young woman vomited while under anaesthetic and went into a coma as a result. Approached by the woman's family, he agreed to take the case.
When the Archdiocese of Boston - the owners of the hospital - offered to settle for $210,000 Galvin turned them down, feeling it was important to pursue the case to trial. 
Despite a number of set backs Galvin was able to convince the jury that the doctors, and by extension the Archdiocese, were responsible for what happened to the young woman, shocking Galvin and everyone else in the courtroom. The jury asked for permission to award an amount above what the plaintiffs had requested.
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