Case Name: Kenneth J. Hecker, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-03-28
Citations: 20 N.Y.3d 1087
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kenneth J. Hecker, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 1087–1089

Head Matter:
[987 NE2d 636, 965 NYS2d 75]
Kenneth J. Hecker, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
Argued February 7, 2013;
decided March 28, 2013
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Tones Vaisey, PLLC, Rochester (Jeffrey A. Vaisey of counsel), for appellant.
Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak LLP, Buffalo (Richard C. Brister of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed with costs.
The issue decided by the Appellate Division—whether the area in which plaintiff suffered his injury was a "floor, passageway [or] walkway" within the meaning of 12 NYCRR 23-1.7 (d)—was not preserved in the Court of Claims, and the Appellate Division's ruling must be deemed an exercise of its interests of justice jurisdiction. We have no power to review either the Appellate Division's exercise of its discretion to reach that issue, or the issue itself (Elezaj v Carlin Constr. Co., 89 NY2d 992, 994-995 [1997]; Brown v City of New York, 60 NY2d 893 [1983]; Feinberg v Saks & Co., 56 NY2d 206, 210-211 [1982]; Domino v Mercurio, 13 NY2d 922, 923 [1963]).