Slate’s Law Blog
Four Bad Driving Habits That Increase Your Risk of a Collision
The news headlines about catastrophic accidents are sufficient to remind you to avoid the most dangerous driving behaviors, such as driving under the influence of alcohol or taking selfies behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Even though you are too cautious to...
Wrongful Death Does Not Always Mean Premature Death
When an elderly person dies, his or her surviving relatives and friends often console themselves by remembering that the deceased person lived a long life, fulfilled his or her ambitions, and made peace with the things that were troublesome to him or her. The fact...
How Much Insurance Money Do You Get for Common Car Accident Injuries?
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...
Does a Guilty Plea in Criminal Court Always Mean a Civil Ruling in Favor of the Plaintiff
Dealing with insurance companies is a frustrating lesson in reading the fine print. You buy car insurance because state law requires it, and you think that the insurance will cover you if you get injured in a car accident. t turns out that the insurance will pay...
Snowboarding Accidents
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...
The Riskiest Times to Drive
Those statistics that tell you that a car accident happens once every X number of seconds make it sound like the collisions are equally spaced as if a collision occurs once every X number of seconds like clockwork. Accidents are more concentrated around the riskiest...
Family Sues Hospital After Ten-Hour Emergency Room Wait Results in Amputation
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...
Rollover Accidents
Just after midnight one night this past spring, a white Infinity G37 skidded out of control on Unser Boulevard in Albuquerque. As it approached the Western Trail NW intersection, it veered out of the right lane, across the shoulder, and off the road. After...
Personal Injury Claims Arising From Children Swimming Unattended
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...
New Study Shows Limitations of Autonomous Vehicle Technology
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...