[CLC-Discussion] Pro bono assistance - 90 year old client -Alachua lien foreclosure - Three Rivers Legal Services

Tue Oct 31 12:56:04 PDT 2023

Thank you to Robert Butts for offering to assist with this matter.
We see the same issues here in St. Johns County, so I look forward to the
Tallahassee information.
Thank you
Pam Holcombe

On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 3:52 PM RPPTL CLC-Discussion <
clc-discussion at lists.flabarrpptl.org> wrote:

> We’ve had companies doing this kind of thing in Tallahassee. Our City
> Commission has brought it up at a recent meeting. They were overpricing and
> financing and causing people to lose their homes. I’m going to try to find
> some information about this that might be helpful.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 31, 2023, at 3:41 PM, RPPTL CLC-Discussion <
> clc-discussion at lists.flabarrpptl.org> wrote:
>
> 
>
> I can try to help.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> Robert P. Butts, Esq.
>
> Board Certified as a Specialist in Construction Law
>
> WARNER, SECHREST & BUTTS, P.A.
>
> 5200 S.W. 91st Terrace, Suite 101
>
> Gainesville, FL  32608
>
> Telephone:  (352) 373-5922
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> Facsimile:  (352) 373-5921
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> Electronic mail:  rbutts at fbswlaw.com; bob at floridaconstructionlaw.net
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> *From:* clc-discussion-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org <
> clc-discussion-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org> *On Behalf Of *RPPTL
> CLC-Discussion
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 31, 2023 12:03 PM
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> *Subject:* [CLC-Discussion] Pro bono assistance - 90 year old client
> -Alachua lien foreclosure - Three Rivers Legal Services
>
>
>
> Three Rivers Legal Services is looking for a pro bono construction
> attorney volunteer to assist with the defense of a lien foreclosure action
> for a 90 year old woman (Ernestine Stokes) who co-owns her home with her
> daughter in Alachua County.   The solar installation company (Solar
> Installation, Inc/Christopher Green) is attempting to enforce a lien in
> excess of 70K for a 1000 square foot home.  The work is not complete and
> appears to have been performed without a permit and was solicited in a door
> to door sale.  For conflict purposes, the roofing company on the permit is
> 360 Degreez Consulting, LLC/Ulysees Rushing.
>
>
>
> Three Rivers is currently representing the client, so this volunteer role
> could either be mentoring the staff attorney, appearing as co-counsel, or
> taking over the case.  Three Rivers narrative follows and a copy of the
> complaint is attached hereto.
>
>
>
> Please contact Samantha Howell, the Pro Bono Director of Three Rivers
> Legal Services at
>
> samantha.howell at trls.org with a copy to  *pamela at anastasialaw.net
> <pamela at anastasialaw.net>* for the CLC Pro Bono Initiative or contact me
> directly with any questions regarding the Pro Bono Initiative.
>
>
>
> *"The client and her daughter hired a roofing company to replace
> their roof. While the company was waiting for supplies to arrive,
> a solar panel company came to the home and asked the client's daughter to
> sign a Notice of Commencement. The daughter did so, thinking that the
> person was with the roofing company. The solar company replaced
> the roof and left unconnected solar panels on the roof. The next day, the
> roofing company called the client advising that the supplies had arrived.
> The client was confused, as she thought the roofing company was who had
> been working on the roof. The roofing company had already received a check
> from the insurance company for the work and had pulled permits.  The roof
> permit estimated the cost of work at appx $7500. The solar panel company is
> now suing the client for over $70k.*
>
>
>
> *The issues that we see include: client did not sign the Notice of
> Commencement; the Complaint for Construction Lien/Foreclosure does not
> include a contract between either named party and the solar panel company;
> the roofing company did not return the insurance money. The client asked
> the court for an extension to file an answer on 7/31/23 (Judge Moseley),
> but there has not been an order issued yet. The Plaintiffs filed a Motion
> for [Clerk's] Default on 8/18/23. [Three Rivers filed an answer before a
> clerk's default was entered].*
>
>
> Pam Holcombe
>
> Chair, CLC Pro Bono Initiative
>
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>
> *Anastasia Law, PL*
> 107 A 11th Street
> Saint Augustine, FL 32080
> office: (904) 236-6243
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> email: pamela at anastasialaw.net
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