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STEPHEN HARBAS, Appellant, v. ABBY GILMORE et al., Respondents.

An appeal from part of an order constitutes a waiver of the right to appeal from other parts of that order (Royal v Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 122 A.D.2d 132, 133). "[O]nce the appellate process has been concluded, alleged errors of law which could have been reviewed but were not, may not be addressed except insofar as the grounds for relief set forth in CPLR 5015 are present, or there has been some other compelling circumstance justifying a court's resort to its inherent power * * * `A court's inherent power to exercise control over its judgment is not plenary, and should be resorted to only to relieve a party "from judgments taken through [fraud,] `mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect'"'". (Pjetri v New York City Health Hosps. Corp., 169 A.D.2d 100, 103-104, lv dismissed 79 N.Y.2d 915.) In this case, plaintiff's claim that the "with prejudice" language should not have been included in the 1992 order offered for settlement is a matter which could have been raised on the prior appeal ( 193 A.D.2d 553). Once the appeal was decided, the order became final. Plaintiff's assertion that defendants wrongfully inserted the "with prejudice" language into the order proposed for settlement does not constitute "misconduct" or otherwise fall within the parameters for relief stated in CPLR 5015. In this posture, the IAS Court properly concluded it was without authority to resettle or amend the order as to such matter of substance (Matter of City of New York [Washington St. Urban Renewal Project], 33 N.Y.2d 970; Pjetri v New York City Health Hosps. Corp., supra; Dependable Printed Circuit Corp. v Mnemotron Corp., 22 A.D.2d 911).

Concur — Murphy, P.J., Rosenberger, Kupferman, Nardelli and Mazzarelli, JJ.

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HARBAS v. GILMORE
(Apr 20, 1995)