by Slate Stern | Feb 18, 2025 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
A car crashing through the wall of a house should be a never event. It happens sometimes in movies for a shocking comic or dramatic effect; the audience is surprised because it seems so impossible, and besides, what you are seeing on your screen is not a real house or...
by Slate Stern | Feb 4, 2025 | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
A traumatic injury such as a broken bone can cause problems for many years after the fact, even if the original injury at first seemed to heal properly. This is why you have probably heard your grandparents complain about pain in body parts that they injured long...
by Slate Stern | Jan 28, 2025 | Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
You know our health system is messed up when you envy people with broken bones or open wounds because at least no one questions them about whether they are truly injured and whether they truly need treatment. Unless you are hemorrhaging or one of your limbs is at a...
by Slate Stern | Jan 21, 2025 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
Choosing the best chicken strips in New Mexico is no simple feat. Some people love the thickly battered chicken strips at Chili’s, which are crispy on the outside and spongy on the inside and which pair perfectly with honey mustard. Others prefer the breadcrumb-coated...
by Slate Stern | Jan 14, 2025 | Medical Malpractice, Slate's Law Blog
The courts calculate damages in medical malpractice lawsuits based on the plaintiff’s past and future medical expenses and past and future lost income, and sometimes noneconomic damages for the non-financial hardships the plaintiff has suffered and will continue to...
