Making them keep their word

October 18, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “I practice medicine near a small farming town in northern California. People think of me as something of an old-fashioned doctor. With patients who have no health insurance and not much money, I...

Get Ready To Be Sued? – Part 2

September 17, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 2 At one time, going to a job interview meant doing such silly things beforehand as taking a shower, dressing in an appropriate manner, showing up for the interview at the scheduled time and honestly...

Call It Legal Extortion – Part 1

September 6, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 1 Sexual Harassment lawsuits have become a simple, cost-effective way for some lawyers to legally commit blackmail and extortion. Why do I say legally? It’s because an attorney can get away with...

Custody is never permanent

September 06, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Barbara and I divorced when our son, Ryan, was four. Barbara was given physical custody. I remained in our small San Joaquin Valley farming town, have always provided support and have a close relationship...

Did you read the contract?

August 23, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Judd Lawrence never thought that he would need to become an expert in glue removal when he phoned San Joaquin Pest Control for help in getting rid of termites which had set up housekeeping in his garage....

One for the road = murder

July 27, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “During a week’s business trip in Southern California, I was reading the local newspaper. There was an article about a woman — driving drunk — who killed a pedestrian only two months after she...