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REINER, REINER AND BENDETT, P.C. v. THE CADLE COMPANY ET AL. (SC 17378)
Borden, Norcott, Katz, Vertefeuille and Zarella, Js. Argued October 24, 2005--officially released May 9, 2006

Paul M. Gaide, for the appellant (named defendant). David F. Borrino, for the appellee (plaintiff).
Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J. The plaintiff, Reiner, Reiner and Bendett, P.C., a law firm, rendered legal services to the named defendant, The Cadle Company (defendant), an Ohio corporation, for which the plaintiff allegedly was not paid. This joint appeal arises out of two actions brought by the plaintiff seeking payment for those services. In both actions, the plaintiff obtained default judgments against the defendant. In the first action, brought in 2000, the plaintiff sought and obtained judgment for the amount of the unpaid fees (collection action). The plaintiff thereafter filed a judgment lien against real property in Connecticut owned by the defendant. The plaintiff then brought the second action in 2004, to foreclose the judgment lien (foreclosure action), and obtained a judgment of foreclosure by sale.1 In this joint appeal,2 the defendant challenges the default judgment in the collection action, claiming that the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendant in that action.3 The defendant also challenges the default judgment in the foreclosure action, contending that the trial court in the foreclosure action improperly failed to observe the statutory continuance for a nonresident, nonappearing defendant as mandated by General Statutes

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