9.6 - 1. Determinative New Legal Issues

JurisdictionNew York

1. Determinative New Legal Issues

Courts will consider new legal issues that are determinative and that could not have been obviated or cured by legal countermeasures even if they had been raised in the trial court. Such issues generally are not subject to the preservation requirement.2060


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[2060] . See id. (Appellate Division appropriately ruled in premises liability case on the basis of GOL § 9-103, even though the state first raised the defense on appeal); Misicki v. Caradonna, 12 N.Y.3d...

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