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)
• IRS Guide to Taxability of Lawsuit Awards and Settlements
• Registered Agent Information
• National Association of Secretaries of State - Registered Agent Sites Nationally
• Defense Manpower Data Center - Service Member Lookup for Service Members Civil Relief Act
• A Judges Guide to Service Members Civil Relief Act - PDF Document
• 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  (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)
• Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 2d ed. (Federal Judicial Center 2000) (Downloadable in Adobe Acrobat Format)
• Manual for Complex Litigation, 3rd 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)
• 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)
• Free Advice - Personal Injury Statutes of Limitations  (statutes of limitations for all 50 states for personal injury cases with some code citations - 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)
• Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act Free, Searchable Database of Active Duty Military Personnel
• Military Search (Fee based service that will check for current military membership and provide an affidavit, with a quick turn around)
• 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)
• U.S. State Department - Hague Convention
• 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
• 1998-99 Occupational Outlook Handbook (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 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)
• 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)
• Life Tables - Vital Statistics of the United States - Latest edition  (.pdf format)
• The Longevity Game - Life Expectancy Calculator from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
• 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)
• Continuing Legal Education - Online Live Lectures - MdExOnline  (The lecture is delivered via Web site and telephone or live streaming, with CLE credit available)
• 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)