Rosenfeld v. Basquiat

OPINION AND ORDER

BAER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Michelle Rosenfeld, an art dealer, (“Rosenfeld”) sued an artist’s estate concern*792ing the alleged failure of the decedent artist (“Basquiat”) to deliver three paintings pursuant to a partly written, partly oral purchase agreement. The parties tried the case to a hung jury before Chief Judge Griesa in October 1993. At the trial, Rosenfeld testified about her conversations and agreement with Basquiat. She did so only after defense counsel affirmatively waived his objection to Rosenfeld’s testimony based on New York Civil Practice Law and Rules…