Opinion ID: 1387773
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Instruction on Waiver

Text: Carver challenges the second paragraph of Instruction 14 on the ground that, together with Instructions 2 and 3, it erroneously added elements to Carver's claim of waiver and required him to prove the negative of those elements; and that Instruction 14 impermissably transformed Leon's claim for fraudulent misrepresentation to one for innocent misrepresentation. Those specific objections were not raised in the trial court; they have not been preserved for review. See Budagher v. Amrep Corp., 97 N.M. 116, 637 P.2d 547 (1981); Morris v. Dodge Country, Inc., 85 N.M. 491, 513 P.2d 1273 (Ct.App.), cert. denied, 85 N.M. 483, 513 P.2d 1265 (1973). Carver objected below that there was insufficient evidence to support the second paragraph of Instruction 14 and that Instruction 2 should explicitly have stated that it was Leon who was claiming misrepresentation as grounds for avoiding the written waiver. Carver argued that the expansion of Instruction 2 was necessary to set out the correct burdens of proof. He has not renewed these arguments here, and we will not consider other objections raised for the first time on appeal. Zamora v. Smalley, 68 N.M. 45, 358 P.2d 362 (1961).