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 | 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 | Dec 31, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
Children who are barely old enough to combine words to form sentences know that a red light means stop and a green light means go. Failure to stop at a red light is one of the most dangerous things a person can do when driving. Trying to get through a yellow light...
by Slate Stern | Dec 17, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
Early one Monday afternoon in June 2024, a white Toyota ran a red light at the intersection of La Posta Road and Paseo del Pueblo Sur in Taos. It collided with the rear of one car and then when on to strike another car. The struck vehicles then collided with two other...
by Slate Stern | Dec 10, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
It is easy to resent the way your car wreaks havoc on your finances, especially in New Mexico, where public transportation options are few. You cannot get to work without your car, but a substantial portion of your paycheck goes to your monthly car payment, so...
by Slate Stern | Dec 3, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
If you get injured in a motor vehicle accident, you have the right to seek compensation for your medical bills and other financial losses arising from the accident from any of the parties responsible for the accident. That means that if you were a passenger on a bus...
