AI tools typically generate a range by using common variables like injury severity, treatment timeline, and economic losses. That can be useful for understanding categories of damages.
However, insurers in Illinois don’t settle cases by “computer output.” They evaluate:
- Whether liability is provable (not just possible)
- Whether causation is documented (medical records match the crash timeline)
- Whether damages are supported (not merely claimed)
If an AI calculator doesn’t account for gaps—like delayed treatment, incomplete imaging, or pre-existing conditions—its estimate can be misleading. The biggest risk isn’t that the tool is “wrong,” it’s that it may cause you to accept an early number that doesn’t reflect what your evidence can actually support.


