Connecticut Bank & Trust Co., N.A. v. Reckert

Carol Reekert, the defendant and third party plaintiff, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting strict foreclosure for the substitute plaintiff, Fleet Bank, N.A. (Fleet),1 and from the summary judgment for the third party defendant, John Lackland, on the third party complaint. On appeal, Reekert claims that the trial court improperly (1) rendered judgment of strict foreclosure absent evidence that Fleet in fact held the mortgage being foreclosed, (2) permitted an expert witness (to testify in violation of the parties’ agreement, and (3) admitted inadmissible hearsay evidence on…