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FRIDENBERGER v. MODAYIL

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
Jan 18, 2000
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DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the appeal from the judgment dismissing the complaint against the defendant John Stepner is dismissed as abandoned; and it is further,

ORDERED that the judgment dismissing the complaint against the defendant Philip Modayil is affirmed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondents are awarded one bill of costs.

The interrogatories submitted to the jury regarding the appellant's claims against the defendant Philip Modayil were proper since the evidence did not support any other theory of liability against that defendant (see, Fallon v. Damianos, 192 A.D.2d 576 ;Zimmerman v. Jamaica Hosp., 143 A.D.2d 86 ). The appellant has not preserved for appellate review his challenge to the court's response to the jury's request for testimony relating to the first interrogatory (see, CPLR 5501[a][3]), since her attorney neither objected to the court's response nor requested additional time to review the testimony. In any event, reversal is not required.

The trial court properly precluded the appellant from introducing into evidence a statement contained in a peer review report (see,Education Law § 6527[3]; Public Health Law § 2805-m; Logue v. Velez, 92 N.Y.2d 13, 16 ).

The appellant's challenges to the jury instructions are unpreserved for appellate review, and, in any event, without merit.

RITTER, J.P., FRIEDMANN, FEUERSTEIN, and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.