by Dennis Beaver | auto repair, consumer, lemon law, safety
April 15, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver Please join me for a walk down memory lane, to 1965 and the publication of Unsafe at Any Speed, the frightening book by lawyer and consumer advocate Ralph Nader about just how little auto manufacturers cared about safety. Nader’s...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, judges, workplace
June 9, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver If you’ve been denied unemployment insurance benefits because your employer claimed that you were guilty of “misconduct,” then today’s story will be of special interest, for that’s what happened to “Carmen,” the 32-year-old daughter of...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, auto repair
June 28, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver What are your rights when the dealership that just sold you that new car suddenly loses its franchise and is no longer allowed to perform warranty service or repairs, leaving you forced to drive for hours just to get what you had a...
by Dennis Beaver | donation
December 01, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In memory of dad, a family donates a baby grand piano worth $15,000 to their church and receive a charitable tax deduction. Fours years later, a power struggle develops and some members decide to form their...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer
June 14, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver First, get inside the minds of car dealers. In survey after survey, buying a new car is consistently viewed as a highly unpleasant experience, even with all the information available online. “What car buyers find so frustrating and...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce
February 11, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I am a retired naval officer living near the Naval Weapons Station at Lemoore with my wife of 35 years. She is from Japan, and our son — who I will call Henry — got her great looks,”...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, technology
September 03, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “I was pulled over on California State Route 33 in the Central Valley by a traffic officer using radar,” a Hanford reader’s email began. “While the posted speed limit there was 65,...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers, medicine, personal injury, settlement
May 24, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver “I was in a car accident several months ago and hired a personal injury attorney almost immediately. Initially, she was very responsive, returned my calls promptly, keeping me informed of everything. Then, suddenly, silence. I leave...
by Dennis Beaver | education, law school
March 29, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Across the country there are 73 law schools accredited by the American Bar Association which offer part-time programs–evening or weekend classes–and normally require four years to complete. In 2018, approximately 12,000 students of...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers, traffic ticket
October 24, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver If you’ve just received a traffic ticket that you’d like to fight and unsure about representing yourself or hiring a traffic ticket attorney, we’ll give our recommendation in a moment. But first, by the time you read this article,...
