in films such as Random Harvest before a 1945 hunting accident left her permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Peters returned to films in 1948, with little success. In 1951 NBC approached her to star in her own series.

Peters agreed, later elaborating in an interview: "I'll play a woman lawyer who was injured in an automobile accident. It won't be one of those tearful serials, though." Production on the first episode began in Philadelphia on March 5, 1951. The production however