9.4 - 2. Judicial Economy

• Jurisdiction: New York

2. Judicial Economy

The doctrine of preservation also rests on a judicial economy consideration. The courts have held that errors should be noted at trial so that they may be remedied, thereby affording the court a timely opportunity to avoid or correct error in the conduct of the trial and promoting as error-free a trial as possible.²⁰⁵⁶

In Sega v. State of New York,²⁰⁵⁷ for example, the N.Y. Court of Appeals held that the Appellate Division acted properly in considering N.Y. General Obligations Law § 9-103—which barred recovery absent willful or malicious acts of omissions—even...