Slate’s Law Blog
Single Vehicle Hit and Run
Almost any type of accident that can result in a fender bender with property damage only can also be a catastrophic accident with fatalities or severe injuries if a few of the details are different. For example, a rear-end collision at a red light could simply dent...
How Do You Know if You Were Trespassing When You Got Injured?
The unpredictability is part of the beauty of walking outdoors. The aisles of a supermarket are supposed to be perfectly orderly and predictable, but the plants and rocks of a hillside are not. Therefore, accidental falls are always a possibility when you are walking...
Generation Z are Safer Drivers Than You Think
By now, you have heard all manner of gloom and doom about Generation Z. They have no career ambitions except to be social media influencers, or maybe even just to be devastatingly beautiful in the privacy of their own living quarters. Even though they are obsessed...
Amtrak Train Strikes Pickup Truck in Pecos
In April 2024, police in Pecos responded to a call about an Amtrak train that had struck a pickup truck near the intersection of Wild Flower Lane and Cactus Drive. The driver of the pickup truck was the only occupant of the vehicle, and she was hospitalized with...
The Collateral Source Rule and New Mexico Personal Injury Case
Personal finance content creators agree that financial well-being begins in your mind, but they differ as to which thoughts or mindset should guide your financial decisions. Some will tell you to psych yourself up into making risky investments or being pushy in your...
Surgical Malpractice
Patients are entitled to compensation for medical malpractice in any situation where a healthcare provider deviated from the standard of care and, in so doing, harmed the patient’s health and caused him or her to incur additional medical expenses. Not everyone who...
Premises Liability and Playground Equipment
Adults these days are always complaining about how kids spend so much time glued to their devices, and occasionally, the adults will even look up from their own social media feeds and latest doom-scrolling obsessions to reminisce about how much fun it was to play at...
Heart Transplant Recipient Sues Hospitals for Malpractice
Some medical conditions are more common in some demographics than in others, but if a patient is having symptoms that could indicate a serious health condition, doctors should not automatically assume that the patient does not have this condition just because he or...
Two Injured Students Sue After School Bus Crash
No one ever said that riding a school bus was a pleasant experience. Once you arrive at school, the teachers and hall monitors are there, casting sidelong glances that usually prevent the school bullies from showing their worst side, but on the bus, it is open season...
Is it Premises Liability When a Customer Falls From a Balcony?
Law school lectures about premises liability cases usually involve scenarios where a customer gets injured in an accidental fall at a place of business, such as a restaurant or retail store. Most of the time, the accidental fall is the result of the customer slipping...