LNV Corp. v. Duzan

In this appeal from a summary process action involving a foreclosed property in which the trial court found for the plaintiff, LNV Corporation, on its claim of possession against the defendant, the former mortgagor, the defendant argues that (1) pretrial rulings were issued in error and prejudiced his defenses, (2) his motion for a new trial was improperly denied, and (3) the court improperly allowed his counsel to withdraw from representation.

We begin with examining the propriety of the pretrial rulings, but in order to do so, we must first address the nature of the rulings. The plaintiff…