N.Y. CPLR § 4110-B

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 4110-B Instructions to jury; objection § 4110-b. Instructions to jury; objection. At the close of theevidence or at such earlier time during the trial as the courtreasonably directs, any party may file written requests that the courtinstruct the jury on the law as set forth in the requests. The court,out of the hearing of the jury, shall inform counsel of its proposedaction upon the requests prior to their arguments to the jury, but thecourt shall instruct the jury after the arguments are completed. Noparty may assign as error the giving or the failure to give aninstruction unless he objects thereto before the jury retires toconsider its verdict stating the matter to which he objects and thegrounds of his objection. Opportunity shall be given to make theobjection out of the hearing of the jury.