by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, insurance, insurance claim
April 19, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Driving home, on the same road you’ve driven thousands of times, doing about 25 mph, suddenly, with no warning, a car pulls a U-turn right in front of you. Attempting to avoid the accident, you veer to the right, but still collide,...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, lawyers
July 07, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver If you’ve been injured in an auto accident, it is important to speak with an experienced attorney who handles these types of cases to learn your rights and obligations. But in the days immediately following the...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance
December 6, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver July 31: Neil Williams, former publisher of the Hanford Sentinel, and his wife are involved in an auto accident when a driver made an unsafe left turn, crashing into them. He immediately reports the accident to his own auto...
by Dennis Beaver | animal control, prison
August 2, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver You really have to give credit to the staff at Avenal State Prison, the Department of Corrections and California’s Government Claims Board. In terms of ducking from responsibility and having any sense of just doing the right thing,...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer
June 26, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Last week, we began a look at an all too common problem for those of us who enjoy a good bottle of wine: Getting one from a store or restaurant that just doesn’t taste right, or which could smell like...
by Dennis Beaver | complaint, consumer
September 27, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, you are probably going to think this is a joke,” began a phone call from a Central California reader, “but believe me, it is not. We were in an Albertson’s market in the Los Angeles area and saw a new kind of...
by Dennis Beaver | annuity, bank
April 23, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of interest to anyone who understands the importance of saving money for that rainy day and retirement. Despite all the bad news, there are still lots of folks who have done the...
by Dennis Beaver | bank, safe deposit box
June 16, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver On occasion, it becomes clear that someone calling You and the Law is suffering from mental illness and has had difficulty in explaining their legal problem to an attorney’s secretary or paralegal in an understandable manner. At...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, lawyers
January 27, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver “I am going through a horrible divorce,” Kim’s email began, “and the meet and confer session at my lawyer’s office was a nightmare. We were all supposed to discuss a possible settlement of property, child custody issues, exchange...
by Dennis Beaver | annuity, retirement
May 24, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “My parents are both over 60 and close to retirement. Before the real estate bubble burst, they sold farmland — which had been in the family over 50 years — for more than two million dollars. It was...