Season 6 Episode 16

The Good Lawyer

Air date: Mar 13, 2023

Medical Cases in This Episode

These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.

2 cases identified

Case 1

Crash Victim: Disputed Field Hand Amputation

Shaun refuses to settle a malpractice case because he believes his roadside hand amputation saved a crash victim's life.

Episode shows: The transcript and recaps support Shaun being sued after a rollover accident in which he and Park stopped to render aid. The plaintiff was the brother/driver, ejected because he was not wearing a seat belt, while his sister remained in the vehicle. Shaun exami...
Clinical takeaway: This is the episode's core medical case because the legal plot turns on emergency trauma judgment and the amputation-versus-salvage decision.

Accuracy 2.8/5field-amputation-mangled-hand-and-malpractice-reviewtraumatic-amputationhand-amputation

Case 2

Joni: OCD and Professional Accommodation

Joni's OCD affects courtroom performance, but the episode frames support and accommodations as enabling competence rather than excusing incompetence.

Episode shows: The transcript, wiki, and recaps support Joni DeGroot being a promising junior lawyer with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Recaps describe rituals involving sets of three, fear of contaminants, freezing mid-sentence, intrusive fear that something bad will happe...
Clinical takeaway: This is a mental-health and disability case rather than a hospital patient case, but it is concrete, clinically named, and central to the episode's professional story.

Accuracy 3.4/5obsessive-compulsive-disorder-workplace-accommodation-and-performanceobsessive-compulsive-disorderintrusive-thoughts

About the Episode

Dr. Shaun Murphy seeks legal representation to help him win a case and puts his faith in a promising, young lawyer who has obsessive compulsive disorder.

Medical Relevance

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The Medical Verdict

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