Slate’s Law Blog

As the holiday season approaches, it is important for residents of Santa Fe to understand some of the most common causes of personal injuries that occur during this time of the year. While personal injuries can happen in New Mexico regardless of the season, you should...

In business litigation in New Mexico, there are many different types of disputes that can arise between and among businesses, including claims involving interference. Sometimes these claims are known as “interference with prospective business,” or “interference with...

Studies routinely report that medical mistakes are the third leading cause of death in the United States. For example, in 2016, Johns Hopkins Medicine said that “patient safety experts have calculated that more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical error in...

Every type of civil lawsuit in New Mexico must be filed within a particular amount of time, including personal injury lawsuits. This time limit on your personal injury lawsuit is known as the statute of limitations. Most types of personal injury cases will have the...

After you have sustained an injury, it can be difficult to understand whether your injury makes you eligible to file a personal injury claim and what you need to do in order to file a lawsuit. Given that personal injury law is such a broad area of the law, you may be...

Business disputes and business litigation can arise for many different reasons, and it is important to understand your options when a dispute arises. One common kind of dispute that can ultimately lead to business litigation is a shareholder dispute. Whether you are...

Just like adults, children can suffer harm as a result of medical errors. According to some research, pediatric medical mistakes might actually occur at a higher rate than those among adult patients in some circumstances. Indeed, according to a report from the...

When you have been injured and are filing a personal injury lawsuit, you may be wondering about damages and the differences between compensatory and punitive damages. Can you seek just one type of damages award, or are there multiple options available to you? One of...

Patients who suffer injuries as a result of medical negligence should never have to wonder if they could have done something to prevent the harm that occurred. To be clear, when a patient sustains an injury because of a health care provider’s mistake, that patient can...

Receiving a recall notice about your car can be scary, and it can be difficult to know if you need to drop everything you are doing to have the repair or replacement mentioned in the safety recall letter you received. In some cases, you might already have known about...