PERSONAL INJURY
RESOURCES & LINKS
Practical Law: Personal
Injury Claims
This Web site, made
available to the public
by the ABA Division For
Public Education
contains useful
information about
personal injury claims.
US Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC)
The CPSC is charged with
protecting the public
from unreasonable risks
of property damage,
serious personal injury,
or death from consumer
products such as toys,
cribs, power tools,
cigarette lighters, and
household chemicals that
pose a fire, electrical,
chemical, or mechanical
hazard or can injure
children. The CPSC's Web
site includes recalls
and product safety news,
information on reporting
an unsafe product, and
more.
Fact Sheet Library
National Safety Council
(NSC) fact sheets are
resource guides that
provide statistics,
tips, and suggestions to
make life safer. This
Web site contains over
80 topics in four
categories: agricultural
safety, healthy living,
environment safety, and
road safety.
Tort Law: An Overview
This Web site,
maintained by the Legal
Information Institute
(LII) at Cornell
University Law School,
provides general
information about tort
law, including
discussion of
intentional torts,
negligent torts, and
strict liability torts.
Dog Bite Liability
This Web site contains
an article from the
Insurance Information
Institute (III) about
dog bite liability. The
article discusses dog
owners’ liability,
recent developments in
state legislation,
important court
decisions, and other
related issues.
Products Liability: An
Overview
This Web site,
maintained by the Legal
Information Institute
(LII) at Cornell
University Law School,
provides general
information about the
law of products
liability as well as
links to federal and
state judicial decisions
and statutes concerning
products liability.
Damages: An Overview
This Web site,
maintained by the Legal
Information Institute
(LII) at Cornell
University Law School,
provides general
information about the
law of damages,
including discussion of
compensatory and
punitive damages.
National Center for
Statistics and Analysis
(NCSA)
One of NCSA's guiding
principles is to provide
easy public access to
its data concerning the
causes and injury
outcomes of crashes. To
that end, the NCSA makes
available through its
Web site crash research
and investigation data,
statistics, and
analysis.
Motor Vehicle and
Equipment Recalls
This Web site, provided
by the Office of Defects
Investigation (ODI),
allows users to search
its database of motor
vehicle, equipment,
child safety seat, and
tire recalls.