One of the rare times when the case does not involve a homicide.
This episode appears to be based on two different sporting incidents.
- The 1994 Nancy Kerrigan assault by Tonya Harding. in January 1994 Kerrigan an Olympic figure skater was attacked and hit hard in the knee. Harding, her prime competition was suspected of the crime but denied any involvement. Weeks later, Harding admitted her involvement in exchange for a plea bargain where she served no jail time. Also charged were Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt, Shane Stant and Derrick Smith. Harding began a new career as a boxer in the 2000s.
- The 1993 stabbing attack on Monica Seles, in which Tennis star Seles was stabbed by, Günter Parche, a deranged fan of her rival Steffi Graff. On April 30 during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburg in which Seles was leading, Parche, who was described as a mentally unbalanced loner, ran from the middle of the crowd to the edge of the court during a break between games and stabbed Seles with a boning knife between her shoulder blades. Parche contended he was only trying to hurt Seles, not kill her. A German court convicted him of grievous bodily harm in October 1993 and he received a two-year suspended sentence.
The initial appearance of Ron Orbach, who was Jerry Orbach's cousin. Ron played attorney Max Hellman in three appearances. Jerry played attorney Frank Lehrman in his initial appearance on the program. The following season he played Lennie Briscoe.
Carolyn McCormick, who plays Dr. Elizabeth Olivet as a series regular, and Byron Jennings, who plays Ross Fineman in this episode, are married in real life.