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...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, auto repair, doctor, medicine
August 2, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver What should you say? What should you do? And, even more importantly, what should you not say or do if involved in a motor vehicle accident? “Chiropractors, MDs, physical therapists, attorneys, professionals who treat or are involved...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, communication, consumer, lawyers
December 3, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “Law is adversarial. Many lawyers have type-A personalities, feeling they just have to win, and some feel they will increase their chances of success by being absolute jerks to opposing counsel. Nothing could be further from the...
by Dennis Beaver | business, communication, technology
January 19, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver An informative, accurate and accessible website has the power to enhance the credibility of a business or professional — or greatly detract from them. However, as Hanford-based website developer Katherine Andes points out, “Many...
