by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, auto repair, insurance, insurance claim
June 1, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver If your auto insurance is with State Farm, today’s story will both make you angry and chuckle at the same time. As you will see, the way in which a State Farm claims adjuster treated 21-year-old Allison Ashbrook of St. Louis, Missouri —...
by Dennis Beaver | retirement
June 09, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver You are close to retirement and discover that your employer lost almost one-third of the money in the office retirement account. In a conference, he admits to having become greedy, but thought of himself at that...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers
November 8, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Trial lawyers are known for trying cases before juries. But here’s a question for you: “What is the last thing a trial lawyer wants to do?” If you thought, “Lose a case,” that’s one answer, but even before that, what? It is having...
by Dennis Beaver | family law, travel
April 19, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “I am a senior at UCLA and my boyfriend (Hans) is a Swedish graduate student who I love and want to marry. Last summer, we visited his hometown — Stockholm — and I just fell in love with Sweden. It is...
by Dennis Beaver | alcohol abuse, family law, technology
December 8, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver “I am 42 years old, have two wonderful teenage girls who I love and can only visit during supervised visitation, as my husband has sole custody,” Angie’s email began. “Can you imagine how painful that is and it is all my doing as...
by Dennis Beaver | alarm system, consumer, debt collection
June 25, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver I’m often asked, “How do you get your story ideas?” Sometimes, as with 80-year-old “Mr. Albert,” they literally walk in the front door. Anyone who has an alarm system for their home or office will find his story valuable. Mr. Albert is...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, auto repair, BBB, business, contracts, warranty
Don’t buy an extended auto warranty unless you can first read the contract (and have it reviewed by a mechanic). Some third-party providers are scams, using high-pressure sales tactics and misleading BBB ratings to sell coverage that might not be all that...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers
February 13, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver The older we become, the more we understand “Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual,” including work, marriage, raising kids, and until recently, hiring a lawyer. As far as hiring a lawyer is concerned, that’s all changed, as...
