by Dennis Beaver | insurance claim, risk management
March 26, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Just how dimly lit should a restaurant be? Can it be so dark that it’s dangerous, and if someone is injured because of the low light level, the owners would be liable?” Visalia reader David...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, career, consumer, discrimination, employment
September 16, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “There is a huge market – millions of people – that could be a missed opportunity for American business,” says author Susan Golden, who teaches at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is considered one of the...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, technology
November 19, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Last week, we told you about the disappointing experience readers had with active noise cancellation headphones – similar to widely advertised Bose products – purchased a day prior to their...
by Dennis Beaver | traffic ticket
May 4, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver “On our way to San Diego, we stopped for lunch upon reaching Long Beach,” began an email from Alex, who reads this column in his hometown newspaper, the Selma Enterprise, owned by The Sentinel. It would prove to be a very long,...
by Dennis Beaver | technology
July 01, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver The new cell phone law which went into effect on Tuesday led to an unbelievable number of e-mails and calls from worried parents as well as their teenage children, all asking the same basic question: How can we...
by Dennis Beaver | drug use, insurance, insurance claim
April 6, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver If you thought that only auto or property insurance companies were out to deny claims that should be paid, today’s story will be a wake-up call for anyone who has a life insurance policy. That’s right. Life insurance companies are no...
by Dennis Beaver | healthcare, insurance, power of attorney, senior care
October 24, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver Getting older isn’t for sissies, and the more prepared you are for cognitive decline and the issues that come with it, the better your life will be. Do you worry about a friend or family member who is getting on in years? Perhaps...
by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment
June 11, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver As the concept of age discrimination has become better known, complaints from older American workers — people over 40— have gradually increased. Since COVID-19, agencies that deal with age discrimination have seen a significant ramping...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, leadership
April 26, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “I am CEO of an educational sales organization, and we need our telemarketing staff to go out into the field, make presentations and do lunch-and-learn new product seminars with potential customers. May I legally change their job...
