Gaston And Gaston's Response To The Rip Off Report

Gaston and Gastons Response to the Rip-Off Report



In approximately June of 2008, Gaston & Gaston was retained by a woman named Paulette Hacker. At that time, Ms. Hacker was being sued by a plastic surgeon named Craig Alan Bittner. Bittner ran a liposculpture clinic in Beverly Hills and had performed surgery on Ms. Hacker in March of 2008. The word performed is inside quotes because allegedly it was not actually Bittner who did the surgery. Rather, he used physician assistants and untrained receptionists to perform the medical procedures.



Based on her horrible experience at Bittners clinic, including having the procedure partially performed by a receptionist, Ms. Hacker began speaking out against Bittner. Once he found out, Bittner filed a lawsuit against Ms. Hacker for defamation. In response, our firm filed a cross-complaint on behalf of Ms. Hacker alleging numerous causes of action, including battery, fraud, negligence, and medical malpractice. Bittners suit was eventually dismissed. In fact, his clinic was raided by the California Medical Board and his doors were permanently closed. Ms. Hackers suit against Bittner is ongoing.



The Rip-off Reports were clearly written by either Bittner or someone with ties to Bittner. This fact is demonstrated by the fact that the report is signed by a person named Fat Paulette, residing in Citrus Heights. Our clients name is Paulette, and indeed she does live in Citrus Heights. Obviously, the report was not written by our client. She did, however, write a rebuttal (Consumer Comment #3) in which she gives a glowing review of our firm.



Obviously, the content of the both Reports is false and defamatory. It is our opinion that someone with an interest in the case thought that we would resign as counsel for Ms. Hacker if our firm was attacked with malicious lies. Perhaps the persons thinking was that we would abandon Ms. Hacker and her case after deciding it was not worth the trouble and aggravation of tactics such as the Rip-Off Report postings. We did no such thing. To this day we continue to represent Ms. Hacker and are proud to be her attorney is such a case. The posting on the Rip Off Report have no place in reality and should not detour anyone from contacting our firm, in fact it should motivate them. We stand by our client, have gotten results that have helped not just our client but the community as a whole and have never had a mark against us.



By Fred Gaston

Partner at Gaston and Gaston http://www.gastonandgaston.com

Gaston & Gaston APLC 619.398.1882.