What You Need to Know

• A federal judge ruled that Superior Court Judge Deborah Gross-Quatrone, who seeks damages for emotional distress on the job, must take part in a psychiatrist's interview.
• U.S. District Judge Julien X. Neals affirmed the order by Magistrate Judge Leda Dunn Wettre compelling Gross-Quatrone to submit to the mental health exam.
• Neals said Gross-Quatrone's claims placed her mental condition in controversy with her claim of emotional distress.

A judge in the Superior Court of New Jersey whose lawsuit claims that the courthouse where she worked was a hostile work environment has been ordered to submit to a mental health examination.

Judge Deborah Gross-Quatrone, who seeks damages for alleged emotional distress that was manifested in physical symptoms, resisted the state judiciary’s demand to have her submit to an interview with a psychiatrist.

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