by Slate Stern | Nov 5, 2024 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
The purveyors of clickbait are skilled in remixing reports about the most horrific car accidents. The tales of wrong-way crashes at speeds above 100 miles per hour are enough to make anyone cagey about motor vehicles, but these are less common than the news...
by Slate Stern | Oct 22, 2024 | Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
The days of summer recreation are coming to an end, and soon, New Mexico’s ski resorts will open for the skiing season. While skiing has the reputation of being a recreational activity for leisurely classes, snowboarding has an edgier image, but both sports involve...
by Slate Stern | Oct 8, 2024 | Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
Waiting for treatment in the emergency room always seems like it takes forever. A visit to the ER is a series of “hurry up and wait” cycles, from triage to testing to an examination by a physician and then if you are lucky, an interminable wait for discharge...
by Slate Stern | Sep 24, 2024 | Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
The Yahoo Lifestyle website recently published the results of a survey of emergency room doctors about the children’s summer recreational activities they consider the most dangerous. Some of the highly ranked activities included riding a bicycle without a...
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 9, 2024 | Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
Millions upon millions of American households own pet dogs; the percentages vary from one place to another, but the percentage is especially high in places like New Mexico, where there is ample space for backyards where dogs can roam around and where you are never far...
