Slate’s Law Blog
Nighttime Pedestrian Accidents
Many accidents in which a car strikes a pedestrian are not the result of carelessness, at least not entirely. Yes, the same risk factors that make a driver more likely to strike another car also make drivers more likely to strike pedestrians; these factors include...
If the Snowstorms Don’t Get You, the Dust Storms Will
New Mexico is one of only a few places in the world where, in the span of a brief road trip, you can see both snow-capped mountains and sandy deserts. The good news is that, when the temperature reaches the triple digits in some parts of the state in the summer, there...
Do Speed Limiters Make Buses and Trucks Safer or More Dangerous?
A common pattern in the industrial and postindustrial eras is that a new invention becomes commercially available, or else makes its debut at a public event with the promise of soon being available to consumers. The public marvels at this invention that performs a...
Ski Lift Accidents
In the first week of January 2026, a young boy was celebrating his birthday with his family at the Ski Apache resort in New Mexico. News sources, which did not indicate the child’s name or age, reported that Ski Apache staff responded to an accident at the resort and...
Study Rates New Mexico as the State With the Most Dangerous Drivers
If you are judging based on the architectural design of shopping centers and the assortment of chain stores you find in each one, the United States is remarkably uniform. A Walmart in New Mexico is not so different from a Walmart in Florida, Massachusetts, or anywhere...
Two Children Injured in DWI Crash That Killed Their Mother
Most people who file personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits do so shortly before the deadline for filing. Part of this delay is that they are spending time preparing documents to meet legal requirements so that the court will consider the lawsuit rather than...
How Do New Mexico’s New Laws of 2026 Affect Your Personal Injury Case?
Not only do the laws vary from one state to another, but they also vary from one year to another. If you got injured in an accident in New Mexico, then the courts of New Mexico have jurisdiction to rule on any lawsuits arising from the accident, and they determine the...
Beware of DWI Repeat Offenders in New Mexico
Laws are written so that they are sufficiently simple that they apply in all situations, and yet they are flexible enough to account for the variety among individual cases. For example, criminal laws have a range of sentences for people convicted of the offense. The...
Slip and Fall Accidents Involving Icy Surfaces at Apartment Complexes
If you are looking at a map of the United States as you daydream about places to retire, New Mexico looks like it is part of the Sun Belt, but once you are close enough to New Mexico to feel the chill in the air, you will find out that many parts of the Land of...
Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck by Commuter Rail Train
When researchers and social media loudmouths evaluate the quality of life in a given city, one of the factors that almost always counts in a city’s favor is access to public transportation. In many American cities, especially in the sprawling West, you are stuck at...