by Dennis Beaver | background checks, employment
January 11, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Last week we told you about David, an attorney who asked an employment agency to find a part-time receptionist. Shortly thereafter, a job counselor phoned, stating that she had “the perfect candidate,” and emailed her resume. Two...
by Dennis Beaver | marriage, parenting, personal injury, workplace
September 15, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver In a state that requires all motorcycle riders under 25 to wear a helmet, may an employer terminate an employee who refuses, claiming that it is his Constitutional right to ride without one? That was “Kirk’s” question. “I manage a...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, contracts, travel
February 25, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver You and the Law: Risks in renting a vacation cabin Thinking of renting a nice little mountain cabin from the owner? You may be in — or out — for more than you expect, as Hanford resident Kristin Bettencourt...
by Dennis Beaver | bank, consumer, safe deposit box
February 16, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver
For anyone who has a safe deposit box at a bank or other financial institution, today’s story could prove to be extremely valuable, and we begin with this question: “How would you feel, how incredibly upset and angry would you...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
June 12, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Last week, we told you about a reader whose brother-in-law was killed in a roll-over auto accident caused by a friend from work who apparently fell asleep at the wheel. There is $500,000 of insurance available...
by Dennis Beaver | property damage
August 30, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver “My husband is an excellent dentist but like many physicians and dentists, thinks that he’s an expert in just about everything, including law,” she added. “Since I know his limitations, when he told me of what he was about to say,...
by Dennis Beaver | bioelectronic medicine, complaint, consumer, credit cards, doctor, false advertising, fraud, medical care, medicine, scam
May 27, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I am the victim of a vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) scam.” Vagus nerve scam? Most of us know about vagus nerves from high school biology — that they are the longest in our bodies, but not much more. However, for the past few...
by Dennis Beaver | education
September 14, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Ask School Resource Officer Per Westlund of the Hanford Police Department who — not what, but who — in his experience is the greatest risk to a child’s success in school, often creating a path to behavioral problems and even...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, politics, workplace
September 3, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver
“Our family owns a small furniture manufacturing company in Southern California that is very much a happy, living dinosaur. We are a mini United Nations, with about 30 employees, most who have been here for decades, and the...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers
March 29, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver While one of the pre-requisites for becoming a lawyer isn’t having a good sense of humor, if you ask Aaron Shechet and his wife, Leigh Chandler, these Los Angeles based attorneys will tell you that it should be. “Especially,” as...
