Mr. George Carroll Gaston

Representative Matters: Successfully obtained dismissal of a real estate case in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Alabama, in a case involving property disputes stemming from a divorce, protecting the realtor client's interests without prolonged litigation.; Secured the complete dismissal of a real estate claim in Calhoun County, Alabama and resolved the entire matter for the client in under 30 days.; Obtained a complete defense verdict at a bench trial on behalf of a grocery store whose customer fell in a puddle of water which had apparently leaked from refrigeration equipment.; Procured the dismissal of an insured electrical subcontractor from a complex construction defect arbitration proceeding on the basis that no contractual provision in the insured's settlement agreement with the general contractor required participation in any subsequent arbitration.; Obtained summary judgment in a wrongful death case by a nursing home decedent's family against several defendants, including our client ambulance company.; Resolved a client mortgage lender's title defect in less than two months and without the necessity of filing potentially drawn-out and costly litigation.; Obtained a voluntary dismissal of the client loan servicer from a plaintiff borrower's wrongful foreclosure lawsuit based on the argument that judicial estoppel applied as an affirmative defense based on the borrower's prior sworn and inconsistent statements in an earlier filed bankruptcy case.; Received a positive outcome on behalf of an insured residential property owner in a bench trial involving a property boundary dispute and adverse possession matter.; Provided guidance to a neighborhood association throughout its successful process to update its declaration of covenants to provide for the collection of assessments and protection of property values through revised and uniform standards for all property owners across five phases of development.