Lauder v. Peck

This case involves a suit by the plaintiff against the defendant, her former attorney. In a lengthy and detailed memorandum of decision, the trial court found, inter alia, that the defendant falsely made and forged a release of lis pendens which the plaintiff had filed pro se against real estate of her former husband located in Massachusetts. The plaintiff had an equitable interest in the real estate by virtue of a Connecticut marital dissolution judgment. The court found that the defendant’s conduct constituted a forgery in violation of General Statutes § 53&-137.1 The trial court further…