Whiplash

"Whiplash"
←	L&O, Episode 11.19	→
Production number: E1323 First aired: 18 April 2001
	th of 456 produced in L&O
←	th of 456 released in L&O	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Written By Matt Witten & Aaron Zelman Directed By Richard Dobbs

Plot

The discovery of an illegal immigrant's body leads to a case involving an auto-insurance scam.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
• Dianne Wiest as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin

Recurring cast

• Lee Shepherd as Defense Attorney Barry Kaufer
• Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Connie Winston as Judge Shirley Taylor

Guest cast

• Matthew Sussman as Dr. Jerome Raleigh
• Christopher Patrick Mullen as Attorney Alan Petrie
• Doc Dougherty as Bill Reed
• Michael J. Burg as Attorney Richard Sanders
• Adrianna Sevan as Rosa Santiago
• Tsidii Leloka as Mrs. N'Dabe
• Leon Addison Brown as Everold Daly
• Deborah Hazlett as Attorney Parker
• Michael H. Ingram as Dr. Russell
• Michael Hirsch as Attorney Paul Thigpen
• Chris Henry Coffey as Bret Marks
• Doecas M. Johnson as Edie Claire
• Sean T. Krishnan as Chad Patel
• Lynn Niederman Silver as Nancy Miller
• Millie Tirelli as Aunt
• Robertson Carricart as Priest
• Octavio Gómez as Francisco
• Matt Eyde as Mike Anderson
• Gia Galeano as Norma Lopez
• Leon Adair as Eddie
• Leslie Nipkow as EMT
• Janine Poreba as Girl
• Mark Alhadeff as Guy
• Delores Mitchell as Neighbor
• Herman Chaves as Man
• Malcolm Foster Smith as Man #2
• Ron Domingo as CSU Tech
• Beth Lowy as Foreperson

References

• This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of a conspiracy in Chicago that was orchestrated by several attorneys to stage "sudden stop" car accidents and collect millions in insurance money. It does not appear that there were any fatalities or criminal charges in the real case, but the participants in the conspiracy were sued for more than $9 million by the insurer.

Quotes

Carmichael: "Petrie's painted himself as a cross between Robin Hood and Cesar Chavez. There's bound to be four or five blue collar types who are going to be sympathetic. These guys have an answer for everything."

McCoy: "We should make sure his performance backfires. Let's look through some of their more serious injury cases, maybe we can find some little people who aren't so greatful."

Background information and notes

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Hector Santiago 131 East 118th Street Thursday, December 30	Reed Moving Long Island City, Queens Friday, December 31	Keefe Investments, LTD. 623 Ninth Avenue Tuesday, January 4

4	5	6
Exel Insurance 123 West 38th Street Monday, January 17	Office of Dr. Jerome Raleigh 407 Lexington Avenue Monday, January 31	District Attorney's Conference Room Tuesday, February 22

7	8	9
Supreme Court Trial Part 41 Thursday, April 6	Supreme Court Trial Part 41 Monday, April 10	Supreme Court Trial Part 41 Monday, April 10

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