Slate’s Law Blog
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...
Young Couple Dies in Head-On Collision After Less Than a Month of Marriage
The surviving family members of people killed in accidents have the right to file wrongful death lawsuits against the parties responsible for causing the accident, regardless of the ages of the victims. If a 90-year-old dies in an accident caused by someone else’s...
New Mexico’s Astronomical Hit-and-Run Accident Rate
Even in the age of TikTok videos where ordinary people in pursuit of fame seek to mesmerize you with the sound of their chewing, and in the age of AI-generated content made of unlikely combinations of incongruous elements, which does not pretend to be anything other...
Managing Chronic Pain After a Car Accident
The worst thing about pain is that you cannot see it. Unless you or a close family member of yours lives with chronic pain, it is hard to imagine what it is like. Some days are worse than others, and certain lifestyle changes and medical interventions can bring...
Does Winter Weather Affect New Mexico Premises Liability Cases?
The summer went by too quickly. By now, the swimming pools are closed, except the ones that stay open year-round. The kids are back in school, already looking forward to summer vacation, even though they spent the whole summer complaining that they were bored. Before...
Filing an Insurance Claim After a Car Accident
Filing an insurance claim after a car accident is a dispiriting experience. You look at your notes when talking to the claims adjuster when you first open the claim by reporting the accident to the insurance company, but then you get an endless flurry of phone calls...
Parade Float Accidents
Any motor vehicle is capable of crashing; this becomes obvious to anyone who has practiced personal injury law for a substantial length of time. People contact personal injury lawyers not only about car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, but also about golf cart...