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Consumer Resources

General Information

• Lawyers Weekly USA
  This is a weekly newspaper with current articles commenting and reporting on lawsuits filed, verdicts rendered by courts and juries and other timely and interesting information.
• Consumer Law
  This is a site designed to keep the non-lawyer informed of their rights.
• Defense Research Institute
  The Defense Research Institute is an association of lawyers normally engaged in defending plaintiff lawsuits. Plaintiffs can get a better understanding of the defense that may be presented in their case.
• Consumer Product Safety
  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has a wealth of information on product recalls, injuries and press releases.
• FDA
  This site focuses on products the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates.
• General Legal Resources
  This is a site that provides many legal subjects with informative and practical advice and articles for the consumer.
• Lawsuit Verdicts
  This is a site that provides information about types of lawsuits and the amount of the judgment awarded.
• Access to Public Libraries
  This site provides access to most libraries in the United States.
• Locate Webpages
  This site can help locate a webpage that has disappeared from the internet(can be useful in defamation cases).
• Access to Federal Courts
  This site provides public access to the federal court database.
• Government Documents
  Look up federal,state, and local government documents.
• Expert Witnesses
  This site lists experts who can testify on specific subjects.
• Jury Verdicts
  This site lists jury verdicts.

Class Actions

• classactions.com
  This site provides current information on pending class action lawsuits.

Automobiles

• crashtest.com
  This site, sponsored by the insurance industry, provides crash test results and ratings.
• Highway Safety
  This site, sponsored by the insurance industry, provides crash test results and ratings.

Medical

• American Medical Association
  This site, sponsored by the American Medical Association, has a wealth of information pertaining to the medical practice and standards.
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
  This is the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, which covers almost every disease and injury that can affect the human body.
• vh.org
  This is an electronic health sciences library from the university of Iowa College of Medicine and includes up-to-date information regarding medicine and procedures.
• medem.com
  This site is a comprehensive medical library of information.

Food and Drugs

• FDA
  This is the Food and Drug Administration's site and covers comprehensive information on drugs, medical products and many other items regulated by the FDA.

Employment Law

• Department of Labor
  This is the U.S. Department of Labor and has valuable information regarding individual rights.
• Workspace Safety
  This site provides information pertaining to workspace safety.