Slate’s Law Blog
Unintended Acceleration Accidents
Is it possible that your car can crash even when you are exercising reasonable caution and did not make any mistakes? It does not happen often, but it is possible. Vehicle malfunctions can be a contributing factor in traffic accidents. They can fail to prevent a...
Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck by Car on Alameda Road
Pedestrian accidents can happen for a variety of reasons. The most common scenario where cars strike pedestrians is where there are no sidewalks or crosswalks, such that there is no designated place where drivers should expect to see pedestrians crossing the road or...
Drunk Driver Hits First Responders’ Parked Truck at Scene of Other Accident
Imagine walking toward your parked car only to find out that someone has crashed into it and damaged it while you were away. Your initial response will probably be a blaze of anger, but you will calm down when you realize that it will be easier to get your car...
Nervous System Injuries
Every time you do anything, it is due, at least in par,t to your nervous system. If you scroll through social media posts on your phone, it is because your brain sends a signal to your fingers, and the nerves in your fingers react. If you got distracted midway through...
Perplexing Personal Injury Lawyer Behaviors Explained
Lawyers have their own way of thinking, speaking, and acting. Some of it comes from following the conventions of the legal profession, but part of it is that the practice of law attracts a certain kind of person. People do not choose to become lawyers unless they...
Fancy Vehicle Safety Features are No Substitute for Simple Ones
Your health is priceless, and therefore people who can afford to do so are willing to pay top dollar for cars that have a reputation for safety and for upgrades to the safety features on your car. The research and development to make cars safer has been paying off....
Injured Customer Receives $31 Million Premises Liability Damages Award From Restaurant
In almost every family, there is at least one person who refuses to eat in restaurants under any circumstances, and that person’s reasons are usually a manifestation of his or her general nature as a control freak. For example, the person might be the sort who reads...
Drugged Driver Crashes Into Albuquerque House
A car crashing through the wall of a house should be a never event. It happens sometimes in movies for a shocking comic or dramatic effect; the audience is surprised because it seems so impossible, and besides, what you are seeing on your screen is not a real house or...
Do Premises Liability Laws Apply to Avalanches at Ski Resorts?
In general, premises liability laws apply when a paying customer gets injured in an accident arising from unsafe conditions at a place of business. Many premises liability lawsuits involve venues where people participate in recreational activities, such as amusement...
Family Gets Medical Malpractice Settlement After Hospital Staff Made Child’s Ski Injury Worse
A traumatic injury such as a broken bone can cause problems for many years after the fact, even if the original injury at first seemed to heal properly. This is why you have probably heard your grandparents complain about pain in body parts that they injured long...