Product Liability Issues

American Automobile Manufacturers Association
Provides research projects, historical facts, legal analysis and statistical compilations to the general public.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Produces ANSI codes and standards on various products.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Produces ASME codes and standards on various products.

American Society of Safety Engineers
Develops industry safety standards.

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Provides standard specs, tests practices, guides and definitions for materials, products, systems, and services.

AutoWorld
Provides the specifications for virtually every vehicle made since 1985.

Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute
Organization acting as a clearinghouse and technical resource for bicycle helmet information.

Bureau of Consumer Protection
Accumulates information on vehicle defects.

Consumer Reports Magazine
This database includes numerous prior articles found in Consumer Reports Magazine, including a list of recalls on numerous products and automobiles.

Federal Trade Commission
Provides information on deceptive advertising and labeling.

FedWorld Information Network
Over 100 government dialup bulletin boards sponsored by the National Technical Information Services

Freedom of Information Clearinghouse
Food & Drug Administration
Deals with the safety of drugs, medical devices and labeling.

General Accounting Office
Performs Congressional investigations on various vehicle defects.

Highway Safety Research Center
Tests automobile components. Puts out a periodic list of recalls. Provides consumer information on highway safety, child restraint seats, etc.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Researches ways to reduce damage in automobile cases.

International Organization for Standardization
Develops industry safety standards.

Longacre and Associates
Performs research on all aspects of product safety, including federal regulation, recalls, crash tests, public documents, consumer complaints, etc.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Controls automobile safety. Maintains safety records, statistics, recall information, crash test information, etc. Has an extensive database of defective vehicles.

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Provides measurements and standards for creating products.

National Technical Information Services (NTIS)
U.S. sponsored research, development and engineering reports on various automobiles.

National Safety Council
Produces voluntary standards on various products.

Public Citizen
Consumer watchdog for product safety.

Ralph Hoar & Associates
Performs research on all aspects of product safety, including federal regulation, recalls, crash tests, public documents, consumer complaints, etc.

Snell Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Helmet Testing.

Society of Automotive Engineers
Establishes voluntary standards for automobiles. Has numerous technical papers and reports on various engineering topics. Does not have information on specific recalls and defects.

Strategic Safety
Performs research on all aspects of product safety, including federal regulation, recalls, crash tests, public documents, consumer complaints, etc.

Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. – Legal Department
Produces voluntary codes and standards on various products.

University of Michigan – Research Info and Publication Service (UMTRI)
Performs numerous tests involoving automobile and product defects.

U. S. Consumer Products Safety Commission
Has regulations, statistics, research, recalls and safety information on consumer products (home and recreational).

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Search Engine for U.S. Patents