The Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute is a major legal resource gateway. At this site you will find links to United States Court of Appeals recent decisions, state court decisions and statutes, and a host of relevant resources. Be sure to bookmark this site; you will use it often.
To become familiar with what this site has to offer, do the following exercises:
1. Find the section titled “Accident & Injuries.”
2. Find the link to your state and make a list of the resources that are available online.
3. Find the “Supreme Court” page, then find “Tort Law.” On the search page that comes up, find Bates v. Dow Argo Sciences LLC. In the cases that come up following Bates, look for a case involving El Al Israel Airlines. Read the synopsis at the beginning, and write down the holding of the case.