by Slate Stern | Jul 15, 2025 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
New Mexico’s motorcycle helmet laws are some of the most lenient in the country. While some states require all motorcycle riders to wear safety helmets, and others require them only for riders under the age of 21, New Mexico only requires helmets for riders under the...
by Slate Stern | Jul 8, 2025 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
Everyone’s dream is to ride a motorcycle on a sunny afternoon until the time comes to ride into the sunset, but there is a certain romance to going outdoors on a rainy day. Think about how pleasant rainy-day walks are if you are prepared for them and how unpleasant...
by Slate Stern | Jul 1, 2025 | Bicycle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
Before you learned to drive a car, riding a bicycle made perfect sense. The rules of the road were, for all practical purposes, the laws of nature. You pedaled harder while riding up a hill and coasted while riding downhill. If you needed to cross a street in your...
by Slate Stern | Jun 24, 2025 | Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
Action movies are entertaining because they show people engaging in activities so dangerous that you and I would be terrified to attempt them, and then emerging without a scratch. Everyone knows that the A-list actors who appear in these films are not agile enough or...
by Slate Stern | Jun 17, 2025 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Property Rights Law, Slate's Law Blog
Almost any type of accident that can result in a fender bender with property damage only can also be a catastrophic accident with fatalities or severe injuries if a few of the details are different. For example, a rear-end collision at a red light could simply dent...
by Slate Stern | Jun 10, 2025 | Boundary Disputes, Personal Injury, Slate's Law Blog
The unpredictability is part of the beauty of walking outdoors. The aisles of a supermarket are supposed to be perfectly orderly and predictable, but the plants and rocks of a hillside are not. Therefore, accidental falls are always a possibility when you are walking...
