Bobby Powell graduates his Senior year with Honors and a full scholarship to Princeton Law. As Captain of the local football team, he has a lot on his plate. Bobby drops his girlfriend off at home after their graduation bash, and wakes up three months later, only to find out that he is paralyzed from the waist down and will have to spend his life in a wheelchair. He's not up to it. Deciding to take legal steps, he hires Jonathan, a washed-out lawyer. After listening to Bobby's rendition of his disposition, Jonathan is full of hope that they could win a suit in court against the Neuroligist responsible for Bobby's condition. The trial goes well, but Bobby loses his girlfriend along the way, because she can't handle the fact that Bobby is in a wheelchair. Had Kelly only known what the future holds for Bobby ...