Tobin v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the entire controversy doctrine applies to “germane” counterclaims that “could have been brought in [a] . . . foreclosure action”
• finding the entire controversy doctrine barred claims against a mortgage loan servicer following entry of a final judgment in the foreclosure action on the mortgage
• describing germane claims as those that “could have been brought in the foreclosure action”
• “An assignee of a right will be considered to be in privity with its assignor.” (quoting Brookshire Equities, LLC v. Montaquiza, 787 A.2d 942, 947 (App. Div. 2002))
• “Claims or defenses that went to the validity of the mortgage, the amount due, or the right of [mortgagee] to foreclose had to be raised in the foreclosure proceeding or they were barred.”
• “Claims or defenses that went to the validity of the mortgage, the amount due, or the right of [mortgagee] to foreclose had to be raised in the foreclosure proceeding or they were barred.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).