Settlement guides and reference
Free reference guides on the legal and financial mechanics of a personal injury claim. How a settlement is put together, what your attorney keeps, when your deadline runs out, and whether your state caps your damages. No signup, and nothing held back.
Every stage from the day of the injury to the day the check clears: what happens, who is doing what, and which parts you actually control.
Filing deadlines for all 50 states and DC, across six case types, read from our state-law data. Miss this one and the case ends, however strong it was.
Contingency fees, case costs, and medical liens are three separate deductions, not one. Includes a full gross-to-net distribution run through this site's own engine.
Which states cap non-economic, total, and punitive damages, how much, and what a cap does to an offer before you ever see it.