Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2011

Ward v. City of New York

Ward v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 15, 2011
89 A.D.3d 532; 932 N.Y.2d 689
Ward v. City of New York

Opinion of the Court

At trial, plaintiffs counsel unequivocally stated that the sole theory of recovery upon which plaintiffs claims were premised was that of prior written notice to the City. Therefore, plaintiff waived affirmative negligence as a theory of liability, and her arguments pertaining thereto are not preserved for review (see Spierer v Bloomingdale’s, 44 AD3d 336 [2007]).

Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion by denying plaintiffs motion to reopen.

We have considered plaintiffs remaining contentions and find them unpersuasive. Concur — Mazzarelli, J.E, Catterson, Moskowitz, Renwick and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.

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