AI-based tools generally work by taking details you enter—crash type, injury description, treatment timeline, and losses—and generating a range based on patterns from prior cases.
In real San Carlos claims, however, insurers and attorneys weigh factors that an online estimator may not capture, such as:
- whether evidence clearly shows the other party’s duty and breach (for example, failing to yield at a turning movement)
- how quickly symptoms were documented after the crash
- whether the medical record supports causation (that the injuries match the crash mechanism)
- how California’s fault rules influence negotiation
The most practical way to use an AI calculator is as a planning tool—something to help you ask better questions and organize your file before settlement conversations begin.


