When greed overcomes common sense

May 19, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Can you tell me about the legal responsibility an accountant and broker have for steering clients into a real estate investment that made no sense at all in terms of the risks involved? My parents —...

OF TREES AND NUTTY NEIGHBORS

May 5, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I’ve been reading your articles in our paper here in Eureka, and have a question about trees and legal responsibility if someone on adjoining property is injured by one of my trees,”...

My brother’s keeper

March 26, 2007 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Mr. Beaver, I am very concerned about my 17-year-old brother, Daniel. He was recently expelled from school for fighting and possession of marijuana, and his behavior has suddenly changed. He is very unpleasant,...

Refuse to fire and you’ll get sued

March 23, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I am office manager for a medical clinic that is owned and operated by physicians originally from overseas. I want to stress that they are excellent docs. I am writing you out of frustration...

Do gift certificates expire?

March 8, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When Redway, California resident Carolyn Green purchased $75.00 worth of gift certificates from a local market in December, 2004 as a Christmas present for her son, she had no idea that a few months later the...