Editorial standards

The educational library is produced by ClearCaseIQ, a California legal technology company. It is written for people trying to understand an injury claim, drawing on published California statutes and court rules, federal motor carrier regulations, insurer claim practices that are publicly documented, and the recurring patterns we see in how claims are assembled.

ClearCaseIQ Corp. is not a law firm, does not employ attorneys to advise the public, and does not provide legal advice. Nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship.

No page in the library is currently reviewed by an independent licensed attorney or clinician, and pages say so in their byline rather than leaving you to assume otherwise. We would rather tell you the content is unreviewed than imply an expertise it does not have.

This is a limitation we intend to close. When a named reviewer with verifiable credentials reviews a page, their name, credentials, and a link to verify their licence will appear on that page and be listed here.

Every educational page shows when it was first published and when it was last revised. Those dates reflect actual changes to that page’s content — we do not refresh a date to make a page look current. A page that has not needed revision keeps its original date.

Law changes. California filing deadlines, damages caps, and minimum insurance requirements have all changed in recent years, and a page’s revision date is your cue to check whether a figure is still current before relying on it.

Our calculators apply published methods — most often the multiplier method — to numbers you enter, and they show every step so you can check the arithmetic. They are educational aids for orientation.

They are not valuations, offers, or predictions. They cannot see the evidence in your file, the venue, the adjuster, the liens against your recovery, or your credibility as a witness, all of which move real outcomes. Where a method fits an injury poorly, the page says so on the page rather than in a footnote.

If something here is wrong, out of date, or misleading, we want to know and we will fix it. Email support@clearcaseiq.com with the page address and what is incorrect. Substantive corrections update the page’s revision date.

ClearCaseIQ is paid by participating law firms for technology and services. That is worth knowing when you read anything here about whether to involve an attorney, and it is why the educational content is written to help you understand your claim rather than to push you toward a particular decision.

See our platform disclosures for the full picture, including how attorney matching works and what consent it requires.