“Michael Douglas will star in “Tragic Indifference,” a courtroom thriller based on a landmark liability case against Ford; 2929 Prods. will finance the film and produce with Douglas’ Furthur Films.Douglas will play the attorney who took Ford to court on behalf of a single mother from Texas who was paralyzed and nearly died after an accident. The trial exposed the automaker’s indifference to flaws in its SUVs, reports Variety.

The attorney is Arkansan Tab Turner and he is mentioned in the Variety article.