by Slate Stern | Sep 17, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
Your car probably has automatic brakes, and those breaks have probably prevented a few minor collisions and spared you the cost of repairs. Your brakes might have engaged when you were backing out of a parking space and did not notice an obstacle behind you. They...
by Slate Stern | Sep 10, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
Drunk driving is a leading cause of motor vehicle-related deaths, but when it comes to getting compensation in a wrongful death lawsuit, the person who got behind the wheel after drinking alcohol is not the only possible defendant, nor even the one most likely to be...
by Slate Stern | Sep 3, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
The simplest safety features often provide the most safety. Seatbelts save lives to an even greater extent than any other safety feature. Even if your car does not have airbags or an automatic braking system, your chances of surviving a collision are much greater with...
by Slate Stern | Jul 23, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
As soon as you are old enough to speak full sentences, you learn that you should look both ways before crossing the street. Pedestrians use caution when walking beside the road, especially in places where there are no sidewalks, and keep an eye out for moving vehicles...
by Slate Stern | Jul 16, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
Anyone whose experience of intoxicating substances goes beyond elementary school “say no to drugs” classes knows that alcohol and cannabis are not interchangeable. Cannabis has never made anyone more belligerent, for example. While alcohol and cannabis both impair...
by Slate Stern | Jul 2, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
Most car accidents are simply the result of a driver making a mistake, but most car accident lawsuits that go to trial have a large company or a local government as a defendant. One reason for this is that most individuals do not have the money to pay the damages the...
