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Personal
Injury:
Content
on this page is provided by Ashcraft and Gerel, one
of the largest personal injury law firms in the nation with a
practice limited exclusively to representation of the victims of
civil wrongs, or torts. Their lawyers help injured people recover
losses and damages resulting from malpractice, negligence, unsafe
products and work injuries giving rise to workers' compensation
claims.
The Personal Injury Law Library
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| The United States Constitution
and Other Historic Documents : |
The
Code of Hammurabi
The Magna Carta
Bracton on the Laws and Customs of England (searchable
13th Century treatise on English common law, attributed to Henry
of Bratton, c. 1210-1268)
Blackstone's Commentaries by Tucker (written
in 1803, with notes relating the commentaries to the laws of
the United States)
The Mayflower Compact
Declaration of Independence, Emory Law School site
Declaration of Independence, Indiana University Law School site
Articles of Confederation, Yale Law School site (includes
discussion by Thomas Jefferson from his autobiography and link
to the Madison Debates)
Declarations and Resolves of the First Continental Congress,
October, 1774
Articles of Confederation
Debates in the Convention of 1787, by James Madison (proceedings
of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 leading to the adoption
of the US Constitution, beginning with the first day....searchable
here )
The Federalist, Emory University (The Federalist Papers...Hamilton
and Madison's arguments in support of the proposed US Constitution)
The Federalist Papers Online, FoundingFathers.info
FindLaw
Constitutional Law Center (The US Constitution
annotated, plus links to materials on the Founding Fathers,
the Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers)
GPO Site...The Constitution Annotated...by the Congressional
Research Service
Web Guide to the Constitution of the United States
Constitution of the United States of America, National Archives
Site
FindLaw Constitution Search (search engine for the
U.S. Constitution)
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy (Constitution,
Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers, etc)
National Archives and Records Administration's "Our Documents"
- Milestone Documents (Constitution, Declaration
of Independence, Federalist Papers, plus many others, such as
the Lee Resolution, the Virginia Plan of 1787, the Northwest
Ordinance of 1787, Articles of Confederation, Treaty of Paris,
etc)
James Madison Center, James Madison Archives
U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 (searchable
archive of scanned images and full text of nine separate government
documents covering the period from the Continental Congress,
the Constitutional Convention, and the First through Twelfth
Federal Congresses. It includes the House Journal, Senate Journal,
Annals of Congress, Journals of the Continental Congress, Elliot's
Debates, Farrand's Records, Maclay's Journal.)
Hinds' Precedents of the House Of Representatives of the United
States
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International Constitutions and Treaties: |
The
International Constitutional Law Page (massive
collection of Constitutions of other nations)
International Constitutions, Treaties and Declarations
Constitution Finder
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Oyez
(RealAudio
recordings of well known oral arguments and decision announcements
before the Supreme Court)
CDA Decision of the Supreme Court (Communications
Decency Act)
USSC+
(database of Supreme Court Decisions dating back to 1953, plus
all current term decisions)
LII (Legal Information Institute) (Cornell...Supreme
Court decisions since 1990)
LII (Legal Information Institute) - Selected Historic Decisions
of The Supreme Court
FedWorld/FLITE Database of Supreme Court Decisions (over
7,000 Supreme Court Decisions from 1937 to 1975)
FindLaw (Supreme Court decision search engine)
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| Federal Court
Homepages and Federal Court Decisions: |
History
of the Federal Judiciary (Federal
Judges Biographical Database for all Federal judges since 1789,
history of all Federal courts, landmark judicial legislation,
topics in judicial history and courthouse photo gallery)
Supreme Court of the United States (official
homepage of the US Supreme Court, with its docket, rules and
full text opinions from the 1999 term)
FindLaw Federal Circuit Court Opinions (search
engine for U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal decisions)
Emory University, Federal Courts Finder
Federal District Court Civil Trials (database of 3.7
million federal district court civil cases terminated over the
last 17 years)
Listing of Federal District Courts by Location and Number of
Judgeships Authorized
Federal
Judiciary Homepage
Villanova, Federal Court Locator
Courts.Net
(Directory of Federal and State courts)
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
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Court
Rules, Forms & Dockets (search
engine that includes links to over 700 sources for state and
federal court rules, forms and dockets. You can browse to find
the resource you need, or search by keyword)
U.S. Supreme Court Rules of Procedure
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Evidence
Federal Rules
of Criminal Procedure
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Local Rules
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Local Rules
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Local Rules
(downloadable .pdf file)
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| Federal Laws and Administrative
Agency Sites: |
Cornell,
Full Text of the U.S. Code
Search the U.S. Code, Government Printing Office Site
Privacy Act and
Freedom of Information Act Resources - U.S. Department of Justice
- Office of Information and Privacy
Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Resources
- Washington State Medical Association
Whistleblower Resources, Office of Administrative Law Judges'
Law Library
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) (U.S.
Department of Labor site)
Regulations and Information on Family and Medical Leave Act
(FMLA)
COBRA Resources - Continuation of Health Insurance Coverage
- US Department of Labor
Firstgov.gov
- Government Sponsored Search Engine for Government Sites
Federal
Web Locator, Chicago-Kent College of Law (one
stop shopping point for federal government information on the
World Wide Web)
Government Resources on the Internet
Infomine, Government Resource Search Engine
US Government Documents Ready Reference Collection
FedWorld Information Network
(government site with search engines for finding government
Web sites, databases and reports)
The FDA Search Page
(search the entire Food and Drug Administration
web site)
Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Homepage
Social Security Handbook (entire handbook available
for download or for viewing on-line--click the "Table of Contents"
link)
Social Security - Online Statement Request Form (within
3 weeks you can obtain Social Security statement showing complete
earnings and Social Security tax history and estimates of retirement,
survivors, and disability benefits )
NOSSCR,
National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
(FAQ on Social Security Disability...This organization
runs an excellent lawyer referral service for Social Security
lawyers...Not available online, but you can call their toll
free number)
Social Security
Advisory Service (full service, non-governmental
site with extensive resources on Social Security, including
a news letter and a bulletin board for online discussions, questions
and answers)
Videotape - Preparing For Your Social Security Hearing
(Produced by Social Security vocational expert, Martin
Kranitz)
Severe.Net
(Great resource site on Social Security Disability
law and news)
Article: The Interaction of Workers' Compensation Benefits on
Medicare
Health Care
Finance Administration (Medicare and Medicaid)
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| Federal Administrative
Agency Regulations: |
Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Federal Register 1994-1998
Search the Code of Federal Regulations
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| State Courts and State
Law Sites (*no fee based listings): |
LexisOne
- State Resource Center (links
to state government, courts & law sites in all 50 states)
Courts.Net
(national court directory)
State and Local Government on the Net (directory
of Web sites for all states having a site)
State Government Web Sites (directory of Web
sites for all 50 states)
Rominger Legal (links to state court resources)
Municipal Code Corporation - Online Municipal Codes (links
to local government municipal codes that have been placed on
line)
Alalinc,
Alabama Court decisions (telnet registration
required first)
Alaska Court System (some appellate opinions)
Alaska Legal Resource Center (Alaska Supreme
Court opinions from 1991 to present)
Arizona Judicial Department (Supreme Court and
Court of Appeals decisions)
Arkansas
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Decisions (1994
to the present only)
California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal Decisions
(slip opinions for past 60 days only)
Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions (Colorado
Bar Association site. Public has only limited access. Colorado
Bar members have access back to 1996.)
District of Columbia Code, including District of Columbia Rules
of Procedure - LexisNexis (District of Columbia
Code, including Division II Judiciary and Judicial Procedure)
Florida Supreme Court Opinions (September, 1995
to present only)
Georgia Supreme Court Opinions (Summaries of
opinions from January, 1996 to present only)
Hawaii Case Law (Supreme Court and Intermediate
Court of Appeals opinions from 1989 to present)
Idaho Judicial Branch (Supreme Court and Court
of Appeals opinions for past 60 days only)
Illinois Supreme and Appellate Court Opinions (going
back to May, 1996)
IllinoisLaw,
Supreme and Appellate Court Decisions (includes
a daily emailing of new decisions)
Indiana
Judicial Decisions
Iowa Judicial Branch
- Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Decisions
Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions (October,
1996 to present)
Maine Judicial Branch - Court Opinions (1997
to present)
Maryland Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals Opinions
(1995 to present)
Maryland Judicial Branch
Maryland Judiciary Homepage
Maryland Code & Maryland Rules of Procedure - LexisNexis
(Maryland Code, plus Circuit and District Court
Rules, Appellate Court Rules, US Court of Appeals for the 4th
Circuit Rules, Bankruptcy Court Rules)
Maryland
General Assembly, Full Text and Status of Bills
Maryland Annotated Code...Search Engine
COMAR, Code of Maryland Regulations
Maryland
Workers' Compensation Commission
Maryland
State Department of Assessments & Taxation (A
wealth of private real estate, corporate, company and partnership
information is included in this State database. Information
on resident agents, principal offices and an index of documents
filed are also available, as well as business personal property
and tax information.)
Maryland Municipal/County Codes - E-Codes, Municipal Codes on
the Internet (Some Maryland County Codes are
online here... but not all)
Massachusetts
Supreme Judicial Court Opinions (current only)
Michigan Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Decisions (Court
of Appeals from August 1, 1996 to present and Supreme Court
from 10-1-95 to present)
Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions (February
1996 to present)
Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions
(1996 to present)
Montana Supreme Court Opinions (January, 1997
to present)
Virginia Code, Rules of the Virginia Supreme Court, Virginia
Administrative Code (searchable databases for
each. Also includes pending legislation.)
Virginia
Workers' Compensation Commission
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| General Personal Injury
& Damages Sites: |
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)
Registered
Agent Information
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
- Licensing & Insurance System (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) (court scrutiny for purposes of admissibility
of quality and substance of scientific expert testimony)
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 by MDEX Online (Fee based subscriptions
to searchable database of all reported Daubert, Kumho Tire and
Joiner cases, along with direct links to core documents, including
opinions, docket sheets, briefs and transcripts)
Manual
for Complex Litigation, 4rd Edition, 1995 (Federal Judicial
Center) (Downloadable in Adobe Acrobat Format)
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)
MEA Services, Inc. (Company will trace defendant's
liability insurance policies on a no-find no-fee basis)
A.M. Best
Insurance Ratings Online
Standard & Poor's Insurance Company Ratings
Duff & Phelps Insurance Company Credit Ratings
DepoConnect
(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
U.S. State Department - Judicial Assistance (Information
for service of process on foreign corporations and the taking
of testimony from foreign citizens - Hague Convention information
and practical considerations)
APS International - International Service of Process
Internet Law Library - Formerly House of Representatives Law
Library - Tort Law
OSHA Homepage
OSHA Act of 1970, as Amended, 1990 (with search engine)
OSHWEB, Index of Occupational Safety and Health Resources
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
InjuryResources.Com (excellent resource containing
articles on back and neck injuries and pain, whiplash, repetitive
stress injuries, low impact injuries, etc.)
The Traumatic
Brain Injury Litiga1998-99
Occupational Outlook Handbooktion
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)
Mass Disaster: A Victims' Guide (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)
Hoover's Online (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 (from
the authors of this site)
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 (downloadable in .pdf format)
The Longevity Game
Selection, Preparation and Direct Examination of Expert Witnesses
(this is a .pdf file that will load in your browser
if you have the Adobe reader installed as a plug-in)
Reference Manual On Scientific Evidence (downloadable
manual on judicial management of various types of scientific
evidence and expert testimony)
Scholarly Societies Project - Standards & Specifications
Written By Scholarly Societies (invaluable resource
containing standards in all areas, industries, etc.)
Proving Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases
(this is a .pdf file that will load in your
browser if you have the Adobe reader installed as a plug-in)
Article: The Valuation of Household Services - Conceptual Issues
Articles on Proof of Economic Damages in Personal Injury Cases
- Vocational Economics, Inc.
Cross Examining the Plaintiff's Psychiatric Expert (article
by defense attorney)
Role of the Economist in Calculating Damages in Personal Injury
and Death Cases (this is a .pdf file that will
load in your browser if you have the Adobe reader installed
as a plug-in)
Qui Tam Litigation (explanatory article on whistleblower
litigation, from the authors of this site)
Managing Complex Litigation: Class Actions and Mass Torts
Manual For Complex Litigation, Third Edition (584 page
downloadable manual in Adobe, i.e., .pdf format)
Central
Notice (notices of product recalls, class actions,
etc.)
Classactionlitigation.com
Understanding Mass Personal Injury Litigation (Rand
Organization Publication)
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)
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| Negligence and Auto
Tort Sites: |
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www.Recalls.gov
(Government
sponsored portal site for all product recalls)
Consumer Product Safety Commission Press Releases and Recalls
Page (also contains instructions for subscribing
to their email newsletter for recalls)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - NHTSA - Auto
Recalls (searchable database on automobile recalls)
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 (links to the FDA and medical sites
giving rise to this latest mass tort litigation)
Rezulin Monitor - Lawyers' Weekly (provides current
status of Rezulin litigation across the nation)
Sulzer
Defective Hip Implant Claims
Sulzer Information Page (resources on Sulzer hip implant
claims)
Implants-Medical Devices (article dealing with
legal aspects of medical devices for implantation)
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
Tobacco Litigation Update, Law Journal Extra
The Products Liability Case (this is a .pdf file
that will load in your browser if you have the Adobe reader
installed as a plug-in)
Vaccine
Information and Awareness (vaccine resources)
National
Vaccine Information Center
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Department of
Health and Human Services
Vaccine
Adverse Event Reporting System, Food and Drug Administration
Search VAERS Database, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
The Vaccine
Page - Vaccine News & Database
Neurotoxic Effects of Postnatal Thimerosal - Nature.com
(recent study supporting claims that Thimerosal in
childhood vaccines contributes to autism)
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 (portal to large number of
latex allergy sites on the Web)
Latex Allergy
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 (Government
Site, includes search engine for HazDat Database)
TSCATS - Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions Database
(searchable collection of unpublished technical
reports on over 8,000 chemicals submitted by industries to the
Environmental Protection Agency since 1985)
Cornell, Material Safety Data Sheets (database
of 250,000 MSDS, derived from US Dept of Defense and Cornell
records)
Oxford University - Material Safety Data Sheets, Chemical and
Other Safety Information
Vermont
Safety Information Resources - MSDS Collection
MSDS Provider - Manufacturer-Direct Material Safety Data Sheets
(search by manufacturer)
Material
Safety Data Sheets (links to databases of msds,
chemicals, drugs and pesticides)
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 informaArticle:
Unraveling the Mystery of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)tion
profiles, resources for toxicology information, and technical
information)
ToxLaw.Com
(all things related to the law of toxic torts...chatboards,
resources, etc.)
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