Slate’s Law Blog
The Winter Holidays are Peak Season for Traffic Disasters
If you think traffic is worse during the holiday season, it is not just your imagination. Those Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday traffic jams did not completely disappear, even though we are currently in the nondescript part of December. People take more road trips...
Wrong Way DWI Accidents
When police witness a car accident, as opposed to driving to the scene in response to a 911 call, they can usually tell whether to suspect that one of the drivers involved is drunk before they get close enough to see whether either of the drivers smells like alcohol...
Train Accidents Involving Pedestrians
Trains are part of the mythos of the Western United States. Back East, people travel by car or by plane to ride Old Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disney World in Florida, but here in New Mexico, we have the real thing. A century before the Eagles sang of traveling on a...
Fall Prevention and Premises Liability
Premises liability laws in New Mexico and other states maintain that businesses have a legal responsibility to keep areas that are open to customers in a safe condition. If a customer suffers an accidental injury due to a preventable hazard, the customer has the right...
Truck Accidents on the Highway
The system of interstate highways is a major force that has shaped postwar American life. It contributed to a culture that valorizes cars and depends on them. It also made travel faster and easier than it had been in the age of rail transport; there was no more...
Work Van Strikes Car at Intersection in Albuquerque
Car accidents can happen anywhere, but it is with good reason that people feel more apprehensive at intersections than they do in areas where all the cars are going in the same direction. Yes, sideswipe accidents can happen when people try to change lanes at the wrong...
Skiing Safety Tips for Beginners
The weather is cooling off, and soon, the ski areas of New Mexico will open for the 2025-2026 skiing season. The first ski resort to open this year will be Sipapu Ski Resort, which will open on November 14. The other ski areas in New Mexico will open later in November...
Passenger in At-Fault Driver’s Car Dies in Multi-Vehicle Collision
One of the central arguments of the movement to decriminalize cannabis is that it is no more dangerous than other substances that are acceptable for medical use, and even some that are not controlled substances at all. Tobacco smoking shortens life expectancy and...
Drunk Driving Leads to Fatal Head-On Collision
In some car accidents, the insurance companies divide the fault, equally or unequally, between the two drivers involved in the collision. These accidents are common but minor; in a difficult situation, such as changing lanes in heavy traffic, neither driver reacts...
Car Crashes Through Storefront in Santa Fe
Most car accidents do not cause life-threatening emergencies, so if two cars collide, your biggest worry is usually which driver is at fault for the accident, because this determines which driver’s insurance policy will pay for the medical bills and vehicle damage...