Personal Injury and Damages / TORTS LAW DIRECTORYSubject:TORTS: Personal Injury and Damages
General Personal Injury and Damages
Personal Injury Litigation
Ashcraft and Gerel's Personal Injury Litigation Forum
(informative articles on all forms of personal injury
litigation and links to personal injury resources throughout
the Web)
Title 26, Section 104, U.S. Code
(Federal tax law on taxability of workers' compensation and personal injury recoveries)
IRS Guide to Taxability of Lawsuit Awards and Settlements
Registered Agent Information
(database of insurace information for authorized for-hire motor carrier,
freight forwarder and property brokers)
LLRX - Business Filings Databases
(links to state corporate records databases online)
Daubert vs. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 593-594(1993)
Kumho Tire Co., Ltd., et al. v. Carmichael et al., United States
Supreme Court, No. 97—1709. Argued December 7, 1998–Decided March 23,
1999
(applying Daubert to an engineer's testimony on the cause of a tire failure in a product liability action) The Daubert Tracker
Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 2d ed. (Federal Judicial Center 2000)
ATLA - Debunking Urban Legends About the Civil Justice System - The McDonald's Scalding
Coffee Case and Others
Mythbuster! - Center for Justice and Democracy - The "McDonald's Coffee Case" And Other Fictions
Statutes of Limitations in Personal Injury Cases For the Fifty States
(Scroll down the page to see table showing statutes of limitations in all 50 states...Not verified for accuracy)
Statutes of Limitations By State - Edgar Snyder & Associates
(statutes of limitations for all 50 states for personal injury, medical
malpractice and product liability claims - not verified for accuracy)
Soldiers and Sailors
Relief Act Certificates
(U.S. Department of Defense site giving
addresses and procedures for obtaining certificates showing a defendant to
not be in the military, required under the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act
of 1940 to obtain default judgments)
(Company will trace defendant's liability insurance policies on a no-find no-fee basis) A.M. Best Insurance Ratings Online
(Deposition data bank exclusively for plaintiffs' attorneys...Currently limited to members of the trial lawyers' associations of 34 participating states) Medical Legal Exhibits by The Doe Report
(thousands of free, downloadable but watermarked exhibits of the anatomy, also available in small or large size for purchase without the watermark) Anatomical Chart Company
Internet Law Library - Formerly House of Representatives Law Library - Tort Law
OSHA Homepage
OSHA Act of 1970, as Amended, 1990
InjuryResources.Com
(articles on back and neck injuries and pain, whiplash, repetitive stress injuries, low impact injuries, etc.) The Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of ATLA
Neurotrauma Law Nexus
(Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries) Neuropsychology Central
(neuropsychology resources) Human Brain Tutorial, Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Scranton
Back Talk
(article on low back pain, its causes and treatment options) Whiplash101.Com
(articles and resources on soft tissue trauma) Fibromyalgia Network
(educational materials on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome) WISQARS - Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
(customized injury-related mortality database from the Center for Disease Control)
(Arizona State Bar Association) Internet Prospector - Locating U.S. Corporation Records Online
(links to state corporation databases accessible online) Internet Prospector - Corporate Directories Online
CorpWatch - Guide for Corporate Research on the Internet
CompaniesOnline.Com
(Search engines for companies with an online presence) CommerceInc
(Searchable database of over 11 million companies, both public and private) (Searchable database of companies) Vital Records Information in the United States
(information about where to obtain vital records, such as birth, death, marriage certificates and divorce decrees from each state) Cafe Law, Personal Injury
Contingent Fees in Personal Injury Litigation
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Independent Medical Examinations
Mortality Data from the National Vital Statistics System
Life Tables - Vital Statistics of the United States - Current and Back Issues
Selection, Preparation and Direct Examination of Expert Witnesses
Scholarly Societies Project - Standards & Specifications Written By Scholarly Societies
Proving Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases
Article: The Valuation of Household Services - Conceptual Issues
Role of the Economist in Calculating Damages in Personal Injury and Death Cases
Qui Tam Litigation
Managing Complex Litigation: Class Actions and Mass Torts
Central Notice
(product recalls, class actions, etc.) Classactionlitigation.com
Understanding Mass Personal Injury Litigation
Weather Underground
(historical weather data...You must first go to the local area in which you're searching, and then click on the link for historical weather data) National Climatic Data Center
(certified weather reports)
Negligence and Auto Tort Sites
FARS Web, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(The FARS contains data on all vehicle crashes in the United States that occur on a public roadway and involve a fatality) Automobile Litigation (Including Uninsured Motorist Claims and No-Fault Insurance)
Crashtest.Com
(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, crash-test data going back to the seventies) Determining Vehicle Speeds From Skidmarks
Low Speed Accidents - Correlating Vehicle Impact Speeds Using Collision Damage Analysis and Expected Injuries - A Case Study
Auto Crash Data Event Recorders
(article on little known automobile "black boxes," with links to other pages within the site listing the makes of vehicles having these boxes) TARO, Traffic Accident Reconstruction Origin
(database going back 31 years of key measurements of vehicle models necessary for certain accident reconstruction calculations) Preserving and Presenting Evidence in Traffic Accident Cases
Human Factors - Perception and Reaction
Cause and Contributing Factors in Traffic Accidents
Anti-Lock Brakes - Some Good News, Some Bad News
Lamp Examination to Determine On or Off in a Collision
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - Highway Loss Data Institute
(searchable site...numerous articles and reports on highway and automobile safety issues) Society for Automotive Engineers
Vehicle History Report
(vehicle history tracing...for pay service) Measurement of Slip Resistance, A Legal and Practical Perspective
(article on technical aspects involved in slip and fall cases) The Science Of A Fall - An Advanced Treatise For Attorneys That Represent Consumers Injured In Slip And Fall Incidents
(A presentation prepared for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) and the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF))
Product Liability Sites
(Government sponsored portal site for all product recalls) Consumer Product Safety Commission Press Releases and Recalls Page
Consumer Reports Recalls Page
Food and Drug Administration Homepage
Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health
(includes a search engine for medical devices) Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health - Search Engine for Registered Devices
Fen Phen Litigation
Vioxx - New England Journal of Medicine - "Failing the Public Health — Rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA"
Vioxx Claims
Vioxx - WebMD Article on the above study in journal Atherosclerosis
(Article reports on the study published in the journal Atherosclerosis that argues against harmful effect from entire class of Cox-2 drugs, but quotes cardiologists expressing reservations) Vioxx - FDA Statement 11-17-04
(FDA defends itself against allegations of improper handling of Vioxx issues) Vioxx - FDA - Statement of Sandra Kweder, M.D., Deputy Director, Office of New Drugs, delivered to Congress 11-18-04
Sulzer Defective Hip Implant Claims
MAUDE, Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database
(Searchable database of reports of adverse events involving medical devices. Database consists of all voluntary reports since June, 1993, user facility reports since 1991, distributor reports since 1993, and manufacturer reports since August, 1996) Consumer Product Safety Commission Homepage
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
(comprehensive listing, with search engine, of manufacturers...handy tool for product liability litigators) Vermont Safety Information Resources, Inc., SIRI
(Articles and resources, including Material Safety Data Sheets, MSDS, on safety issues) Mesopages.Com
(information on asbestos, pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma, diagnosis, treatment and mesothelioma legal issues including lawsuits and hiring an attorney) Minnesota Tobacco Trial Transcript
Tobacco Industry Documents - Center for Disease Control
(massive, searchable archive of documents produced during the tobacco litigation) Tobacco Documents Released by the U.S. House of Representatives
The Products Liability Case
National Vaccine Information Center
Search VAERS Database, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
The Vaccine Page - Vaccine News & Database
Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services
NIOSH Alert: Preventing Allergic Reactions to Natural Rubber Latex in the Workplace
OSHA Technical Information Bulletin - Potential for Allergy to Natural Rubber Latex Gloves and Other Natural Rubber Products.
Latex Allergy Links
The Chemical Industry Archives
(from the Environmental Working Group... 37,0000 searchable pages of internal company documents discovered during litigation) Trade Secrets - PBS Show on Chemical Industry
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Oxford University - Material Safety Data Sheets, Chemical and Other Safety Information
Vermont Safety Information Resources - MSDS Collection
Material Safety Data Sheets
ToxNet - Toxicology Data Network - National Library of Medicine
(a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas) Extoxnet, The Extension Toxicology Network
(variety of information about pesticides, pesticide information profiles, resources for toxicology information, and technical information) ToxLaw.Com
(all things related to the law of toxic torts...chatboards, resources, etc.)
Malpractice Sites
(Summary of each state's medical malpractice law, including the principal procedural provisions and the statute of limitations...Not verified for accuracy) Legal Consumer Guide - Medical Malpractice Statutes of Limitations
(catalogues the malpractice laws of all 50 states in chart form)
'Lectric Law Library, Medical Malpractice
Cafe Law, Medical Malpractice
The Federal Tort Claims Act: An Overview
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Online
(check the section titled Educational Resources Catalog...many videotapes for sale on various orthopedic topics, including surgical procedures) ACEP Online, American College of Emergency Physicians
(resources available on emergency medicine) Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Laparoscopic Surgery: A Primer for the Lawyer
Establishing Liability And Damages In Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Medical Malpractice, Cancer and the Medical Oncologist ('Lectric Law Library)
Mammography and the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer ('Lectric Law Library)
CancerNet - National Cancer Institute - Breast Cancer Treatment - Health Professionals
Prognostic Factors For Breast Cancer Survival, A Primer For Lawyers
FDA Mammography Page - Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA)
Common Obstetrical Complications ('Lectric Law Library)
Shoulder Dystocia, Facts, Evidence and Conclusions
(the issues from a defense perspective) Article: Diagnosing and Managing Ectopic Pregnancy
Article: The Burden of Staphylococcus Aureus Infections on Hospitals in the United States
Lasik Eye Surgery: US Food and Drug Administration
American College of Surgeons - Statements and Guidelines
The Pediatric Database (PEDBASE)
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
RMF's Risk Management Library
(resources for risk management and dealing with the medical malpractice arena from a clinical perspective) Malpractice Claims - Risk Management Tips and Topics
Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines
National Guideline Clearinghouse
National Center for Elder Abuse
(funded by the U.S. Administration on Aging, the NCEA is a gateway to resources on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.) Member of the Family - National Database of Performance Evaluations of Nursing Homes
Nursing Home Compare
(detailed information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the USA) The Guidelines for Chiropractic Quality Assurance and Practice Parameters (Mercy Guidelines)
AIM, Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors, DocFinder
(for a limited number of participating states, this site provides a database of physicians with credentials and disciplinary actions) Forbes Online, Article on Investigating Physicians' Background for Disciplinary Proceedings
Federation of State Medical Boards - DocInfo
Public Citizen - Survey of Doctor Disciplinary Information on State Medical Board Web Sites
DoctorFind
(search for physicians) DoctorDirectory.Com
(comprehensive directory of physicians listed by geographical location and specialty...also has an advanced search feature allowing searches by last name only or as much information as is available) American Board of Medical Specialties - Certified Doctor Verification Service
(searchable database of all physicians certified by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties. Mirror site available here
) SearchPointe - Doctor Search - Background Information
IDEX, Expert Witness Research
(fee/membership based, defense oriented database of expert witnesses and transcripts...It's expensive, but it's good to know the opposition's intelligence) Maryland Board of Physician Quality Assurance
(Site contains a search engine for Maryland physicians that will produce a license profile on each, including whether any public disciplinary orders have been entered.) Quackwatch, Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery and Intelligent Decisions
Malpracticedepositions.Com
(Malpractice depositions available online...also includes expert witness data bank) Federal Anti-Dumping Law
Workers' Compensation Sites
(article on workers' compensation laws, in general) Disability and the Workplace: An Internet Primer
(from Cornell University, Catherwood Library, resources and internet links on disability, workers' compensation, ADA, disability mailing lists, legislation for the disabled, job hunting, etc.) Federal Workers Compensation Statutes
(Federal Employees' Compensation Act, Black Lung Benefits Act, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act) FedUp Feds
(advocacy group for Federal Employee Compensation claimants...Some links to other FECA resources) National Association of Federal Injured Workers
(another good advocacy group for injured federal workers...resources and a newsletter available with instructions for subscribing at the "Message from the Director" page)
(Homepage for mailing list devoted to Federal Workers' Compensation, EEO and other federal employee legal problems and issues)
(part of the Dept. of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs site...tables are in .pdf format, requiring the Adobe Acrobat reader) Impairment.Com
(Guide on the use of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment) Article: Understanding and Interpreting Spinal Injuries in Compliance with the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Edition, 2001
Independent Medical Examinations
(explanatory article) RSDSA, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America
(reflex sympathetic dystrophy resources...includes practice guidelines) Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
(complete information on reflex sympathetic dystrophy) Typing Injury FAQ
(not a FAQ at all, but a site with articles on repetitive stress injuries) Cumulative Trauma Disorders
(article by defense attorney) Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission
Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission
Wisconsin Workers' Compensation Decisions
Hurt On The Job
(Reprint of Newsday Article) Dictionary of Occupational Titles, U.S. Department of Labor
Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Alternative Site
Workers' Compensation, What You Need to Know
(brief article on workers' compensation)
Medical Resource Sites
Step By Step Guide to Searching PubMed
(tutorial on searching on the National Library of Medicine's PubMed -- the Medline search engine) Free Medline Search at National Library of Medicine
(Pub Med and Internet Grateful Med) National Library of Medicine, LocatorPlus
(searchable catalog of the National Library of Medicine's books, journals, and audiovisuals as well as access points to other medical research tools) National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus
(large medical resource site) Medikeo - Multiple Medical Search Engines
(15 search engines for different areas of medicine... Home page in French, but click to go to each search engine, and you'll be offered an option in English) Researching Medical Literature On The Web
National Health Information Center - Health Information Resources Database
(huge database of names, real addresses and web addresses of organizations that provide health information) The Doe Report: Medical Information, The Internet, and You
(yet another article on medical research on the internet) CAPHIS - Consumer & Patient Health Information Section - Health Web Sites You Can Trust
The Merck Manual, Seventeenth Edition
The Merck Manual Home Edition Online
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
(the classic text, together with illustrations and searchable) Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body - Illustration Index
(browsable by thumbnails) Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body - Subject Index
Visible Human Server
(virtual anatomic construction kit on the web with 3D anatomic models) Healthgate's Complete Guide to Medical Tests
(searchable or alphabetically arranged guide to over 400 medical tests) Common Conversion Factors
(formulas for converting grams, cc's, liters, pounds and other measurements) CPT Codes, Physician Procedures Category, Code Or Description
(Search/Conversion engine for CPT codes or physician procedures) ICD-9-CM Code Search Engine
Another ICD-9 Code Search Engine
AMA Physician Select...Online Doctor Finder
(also provides information on credentials) American Board of Medical Specialties
Online Medical Dictionary
(largest online medical dictionary of which we are aware) Complete Home Medical Guide - Diagnostic Tests & Procedures
MedicineNet - Medical Procedures & Tests Index
Medical Online Glossaries & Resources
(In the site's own words... "The Most Comprehensive Multilingual Listing of Online Medical Dictionaries on the Internet. Over 1,260 links to useful & informative medical & health-related web sites and medical dictionaries in eighteen languages") Healthopedia
(In the site's own words, "...a medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics.") MedicineNet Online Medical Dictionary
Simplification Guide to Medical Terms
(glossary of medical terms - University of Michigan Medical School) Biotech's Life Science Dictionary
Multilingual Glossary of Medical Terms in Nine European Languages
Medical Terminology Desk, Alphabetical Glossary of Medical Terminology
Emedicine Online Textbooks
(Free access to online medical textbooks. The emergency medicine text is complete, but there are also texts in progress on many other subjects) Medical Textbooks On-Line - Family Practice, Geriatrics, Infectious Disease, and many others
E-Journal Showcase - Free Electronic Journals in Medicine and Health
Medical/Health Sciences Libraries on the Web
Directory of Electronic Health Sciences Journals
Free Medical Journals.Com
Highwire Press, Stanford University
(163,162 free full-text articles and 725,290 total articles from various scientific journals) Periodici Biomedici, Biomedical Journals
(alphabetized index and links to biomedical journals on the Web) JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association
The Lancet, Electronic Research Archive
New England Journal of Medicine
(free email subscription available to receive each issue's table of contents) UHS Clinical Pathways
(collection of standardized medical approaches to common clinical problems) Multimedia Medical Reference Library
National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) Library
(pathology resources - articles, links, guidelines, cause of death tutorial) The Virtual Autopsy
Medical Images and Illustrations
(links to medical image archives) Surgical Planning Laboratory-Brigham and Women's Hospital, Radiology Department
(image and movie archive of various parts of the anatomy, plus numerous papers and presentations on various topics in imaging and an anatomy browser applet for viewing 3D models) Medifocus
(Research reports for lawyers on selected topics in personal injury and medical malpractice litigation. This is a for pay service.) Making It Easier to Read Prescriptions
(article from FDA Consumer magazine about proposals for making it easier to read prescriptions, together with helpful listing of common abbreviations) HealthScout
(many helpful articles with the latest news in medical science on various medical issues) Virtual Hospital
(articles and resources for the general public and for the medical profession by the University of Iowa Health Care) DrKoop.Com
(articles on an assortment of common medical ailments, named after the bearded, former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop) Medem - Healthcare Information from the Nations Medical Societies
NIH - Health Information Index
(information on diseases currently under investigation by NIH or NIH-supported scientists, major NIH research areas, and important health-related topics) Medical Matrix
(large indexed site containing clinical medical resources. You must register to enter site, but it's free) Medical Legal Web Directory
(large listing of medical-legal web sites) MedMark - Medical Bookmarks
(database of web medical resources, searchable and indexed by specialty) The Diseases Database
(cross-referenced index of human disease, medications, symptoms, signs, abnormal investigation findings etc. This site provides a medical textbook-like index and search portal.) Obstetrical Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagnosis
Article: Interpretation of the Electronic Fetal Heart Rate During Labor
Fetal Echocardiography Homepage
The Use of Electronic Fetal Monitoring - National Electronic Library for Health - Full Text Guideline Collection
(huge collection of citations to articles in the medical literature on electronic fetal monitoring) The Global Regional Anesthesia Website
(anesthesia resources...ugly site, but packed with links) Interactive Anesthesia Bulletin Board
(post questions and answers on issues in anesthesia) American Society of Anesthesiologists; Standards, Guidelines and Statements
Healthfinder
(U.S. Government health site search engine and index) Achoo Internet Health Directory
Bill's Net World
(topic index of medical sites on the Web) HealthAtoZ, The Search Engine for Health and Medicine
Brain and Mind, Electronic Magazine on Neuroscience
Neurotrauma Law Nexus
(Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries) Neuroexam.Com
(Describes itself as: "An interactive online guide to the neurological examination") Health Web
Medscape
(medical news and medical resource metasite) Trauma.Org, Care of the Injured
(trauma resources) AAST Webnet - The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
(information regarding all phases of the care of the trauma patient) American Trauma Society
World Wide Wounds
(resource for dressing materials and practical wound management information) American Heart Association, Heart and Stroke Resources
Internet Stroke Center
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
WorldOrtho.com's Electronic Orthopedic Textbook
Spine Universe
(large resource site for back and neck injuries and impairments) Spine-Health.com
(large resource site for back and neck injuries and impairments) Yale Heart Book
Neurosurgery Online
(Official Journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons) Human Anatomy On-line
Southern California Orthopedic Institute
(orthopedic resources) Arthritis and Glucosamine Information Center
(information and resources on arthritis and glucosamine) Cancer News on the Net
Acurian
(state-by-state listings of clinical trials of cutting-edge drugs under investigation both by pharmaceutical manufacturers and/or academic research facilities) Martindale's Health Science Guide 2003
Martindale's The Virtual Medical Center
(huge medical resource site) MedWeb - Emory University
(catalog of biomedical and health related web sites maintained by the health science library at Emory University) NIH's CHID - Combined Health Information Database
(large, searchable bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government covering 16 topics and providing titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources) BioMedNet
(large directory of medical resources by Reed Elsevier) InfoRetrieve
(research site ... PubMed, ArticleFinder, Medline, DocSource, article retrieval and delivery) MedicineNet
(large, searchable medical resource site) CWRU School of Medicine, Medical Resources
(Case Western Reserve University) The Medical Algorithms Project
(over 3,000 medical algorithms available for download. A medical algorithm is any computation, formula, survey, or look-up table, useful in healthcare.) Index to Algorithms - American Family Physician
OB-GYN.Net
(obstetric and gynecologic resources) The Archives of Sci.Med.Obgyn
(web site for newsgroup sci.med.obgyn) U.S. Pharmacopeia
(pharmaceutical resources from The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.) Drug Digest
(consumer health and drug information) Clinical Pharmacology 2000
(An electronic drug reference and drug therapy management website, requiring registration, but registration is free) FDA Drug and Device Product Approvals
Drugs@FDA
(Searchable database of approved and tentatively approved prescription, over-the-counter, and discontinued drugs, together with all documentation and materials pertaining to each, including approval history, gathered together from across FDA's many web pages) RxList, The Internet Drug Index
Dr. Bob's Psychopharmacology Tips
Pharma-Lexicon
(search engine for huge index of medical and pharmaceutical acronyms and abbreviations and their definitions) Dr. Bob's Mental Health Links
Walter Reed Army Medical Center...Medical Links
Burn Information
Chemical Burns
American Burn Association