Barraza v. 55 West 47th Street Co.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert White, J.), entered May 18, 1989, granting the motion of defendant-cross-appellant Jewelry Realty Corporation to conduct a psychiatric examination of plaintiff-appellant Galaxia Barraza without the presence of her counsel, but allowing the audiotaping of such examination, is unanimously affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In 1976, plaintiff Galaxia Barraza, then six years old, was raped in defendant Jewelry Realty Corporation’s (Jewelry Realty) basement. Thereafter, plaintiff and her mother commenced the instant personal injury action against…