by Dennis Beaver | complaint, complaint letter, lawyers, small claims court
April 30, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver “As a Small Claims Court judge in California’s Central Valley I am amazed at the number of disputes which might have been resolved out of court, if a clearly written complaint letter addressing the problem were sent. “Before filing a...
by Dennis Beaver | animal cruelty, lawyers
April 23, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver For many years, Phoenix-based attorney Ruth Carter was a mental health care professional, “Which was excellent preparation for what I do now as a lawyer, dealing with clients whose emotional problems–their mental state–have...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers
April 16, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver “Dennis, I am a superior court judge in a city where your column is very popular. In fact, for many years at one outlying courthouse, the judge taped each week’s story to the front door for the public to read. “Today, so many TV...
by Dennis Beaver | personal injury, risk management
April 9, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver Picture spending a few vacation days with friends at a Laughlin, Nevada, hotel you’ve been to often, when one person in your party is injured due to the negligence of the hotel. You’d expect the hotel staff to help out, get medical...
by Dennis Beaver | homeowner's insurance, insurance, insurance claim, property damage
April 2, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver After the first El Nino storm of this year, Doug, a Central California reader phoned in a panic, his trembling voice explaining: “Two days ago a neighbor’s tree crashed into our home, demolishing it, injuring our baby daughter and...
by Dennis Beaver | homeowner's insurance, insurance, insurance claim, property damage
March 26, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver “It could be a storm or a car comes crashing through your home — families who prepare for the unexpected have better outcomes with the insurance claims process, and emotionally are in much better shape as well.” Those comments are...
by Dennis Beaver | healthcare, negligence, senior care
March 19, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver In 2010 an extraordinary class action lawsuit went to trial in Eureka, California. It was against Skilled Health Care Group, one of the nation’s largest providers of nursing care to the elderly. Their facilities were places you would...
by Dennis Beaver | healthcare, senior care
March 12, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver The day we discover that our parents are no longer able to care for themselves brings with it one of the greatest challenges in our lives as adult children. Now, we have become parents of our parents, at times needing to protect them...
by Dennis Beaver | background checks, dating, online dating
March 5, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver An increasing number of Americans today are online daters and many of us know someone who has found a spouse or is in a long-term relationship which began this way. Washington, D.C.,-based Pew Research Center released a study finding...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers
February 27, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to readers who already have or will soon retain an attorney and wish to develop and maintain a good professional relationship. It is based on our discussions with Denver, Colorado...
