The Legal Information Institute (LII), maintained by the Cornell Law School, provides an overview of tort law and a link to the Federal Tort Claims Act at http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/torts.html.
The American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Tort and Insurance (TIPS) maintains its Web site at http://www.abanet.org/tips/home.html.
It maintains a Web site at http://www.atra.org/atra/, where it discusses some of its proposals and the states that have adopted them.
Inc. Magazine has an article entitled "Tort Claims Business Owners Should Watch Out For," which discusses intentional torts, at its Web site at http://www.inc.com/articles/legal/gen_biz_law/defamation/15379.html.
The article can be found at http://www.losspreventionjournal.com/articles/271legal.html.
For example, the American Medical Association Advocacy Resource Center provides a state-by-state chart of liability reform laws on its Web site at http://www.acc.org/advocacy/statelaws_breakdown.pdf.
The law firm of Ashcraft and Gerel, LLP, has an article entitled "Product Liability Claims-Unsafe, Defective and Unreasonably Dangerous Products" at its Web site at http://www.ashcraftandgerel.com/ddprod.html.
For information about the Japanese product liability law see "Guide to the Product Liability Law" at the Web site of United for a Multicultural Japan at http://www.tabunka.org/special/product.html.
The Web site of NHTSA is at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov.
4. Barbara Wartelle Wall, "Following 'Oprah,' An Update on Food-Product Disparagement Laws," published at Gannett News Watch at http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/98/june/nw0619-8.htm (accessed 12/17/02), and Paul McMasters, Section IV of Libel Law/Punitive Damages/Tort Actions of the First Amendment and
the Media 1999 Online Outline at http://www.mediainstitute.org/ONLINE/FAM99/LPT_A.html (accessed 12/17/02).
8. The Uniform Trade Secrets Act with the 1985 amendments has been adopted in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, SW Legal Virginia, and Wisconsin. The following states have adopted the 1979 act, but not the 1985 amendments: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Rhode Island, and Washington. See the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) Web site, "A Few Facts about the Uniform Trade Secrets Act," http://www.nccusl.org/nccusl/uniformact_factsheets/uniformacts-fs-utsa.asp (accessed 12/16/02).
14. NCCUSL Web site, "Press Release: August 5, 2002, New Act on Tort Responsibility Completed," http://www.nccusl.org/nccusl/pressreleases/pr080502_TORT.asp (accessed 9/4/02).
19. ALI Web site at http://www.ali.org/ (accessed 12/19/02).