Slate’s Law Blog

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...

When your business has been harmed because another party breached your contract, or due to an issue like tortious interference, you are likely wondering about your legal options and may be considering business litigation. Understanding the process of resolving a...

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) can occur in many different types of accidents in the Santa Fe area, and they can range widely in severity. Concussions are a form of mild traumatic brain injury that frequently occur in motor vehicle collisions, falls, and...

Many different kinds of patient injuries can give rise to medical malpractice lawsuits in New Mexico, including the failure to accurately diagnose an illness or a condition. The failure to diagnose is one type of diagnostic error, which is a type of medical mistake...

Getting hurt in a drunk driving accident in the Santa Fe area can be devastating. Much too frequently, intoxicated motorists cause collisions in which occupants of other vehicles are injured or killed. According to the Motor Vehicle Department of New Mexico,...