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UNLIKE THE APPELLATE DIVISION, THE COURT OF APPEALS CANNOT CONSIDER UNPRESERVED ISSUES IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE; THE FAILURE TO RAISE THE ISSUE IN THE TRIAL COURT PRECLUDED REVIEW BY THE COURT OF APPEALS (CT APP). ​

The Court of Appeals, over a three-judge dissent, determined the preservation requirement precluded consideration of the appeal. The underlying question concerned when the period for calculation of prejudgment interest should begin to run:

“As we have many times repeated, this Court with rare exception does not review questions raised for the first time on appeal. Unlike the Appellate Division, we lack jurisdiction to review unpreserved issues in the interest of justice” … . “To demonstrate that a question of law is preserved for this Court’s review, a party must show that it raised the specific argument in [the trial court] and asked the court to conduct that analysis in the first instance” … . …

Among the many salutary reasons for our preservation rule is that “in making and shaping the common law . . . this Court best serves the litigants and the law by limiting its review to issues that have first been presented to and carefully considered by the trial and intermediate appellate courts” … . In considering whether to disturb well-settled Appellate Division precedent, this Court should only act where it has the benefit of a full record, including a reasoned trial court decision

As it relates to the proceedings below, claimant never raised the question of the accrual date of prejudgment interest in the trial court. Further, when a party objects to a provision contained in a judgment, they generally have the ability to seek relief pursuant to CPLR 5015 and 5019, as plaintiff was invited to do here. Had plaintiff made such a motion, arguments in favor of and against earlier accrual of prejudgment interest could have been made, thereby providing a fully developed record for appeal, an essential step for parties seeking review from the Court of Appeals. But, plaintiff did not preserve an objection to the imposition of prejudgment interest on the record before the trial court. As plaintiff had an opportunity to raise his objections in the trial court but failed to do so, the issue is unreviewable on appeal to this Court. Sabine v State of New York, 2024 NY Slip Op 06288, CtApp 12-17-24

Practice Point: Unlike the Appellate Division, the Court of Appeals cannot consider an unpreserved issue “in the interest of justice.” If the issue was not raised and preserved in the trial court, the Court of Appeals will not consider it.​

 

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