# Injury Settlement Scenario Worksheet — United States

> Reconcile documented losses, a separately supported non-economic scenario and explicitly entered negligence rules. This does not predict an award or value an injury. USD planning view; stated limitations apply.

Page: https://askcalculators.com/us/injury-settlement/
Definition: https://askcalculators.com/us/injury-settlement/definition.json
JSON Schema: https://askcalculators.com/us/injury-settlement/schema.json
Version: 20.16.0
Maintained by: AskCalculators (software project; not a credentialed reviewer)
Qualified review: pending. Automated checks do not establish professional approval.
Page status: Live
Review status: Pending

## Use
Open the calculator page and enter values. Query-string parameters can restore and bookmark a calculation.
Example: https://askcalculators.com/us/injury-settlement/?pastMedical=10000&futureMedical=0&lostEarnings=5000&propertyLoss=0&nonEconomic=0&fault=0&negligence=pure&nonEconomicCap=0&policyLimit=0&fee=0&liens=0&expenses=0&rulesConfirmed=0

## Inputs
- pastMedical: Past recoverable medical costs; type=money; required; default=10000; min=0; max=1000000000000
- futureMedical: Supported future medical costs; type=money; required; default=0; min=0; max=1000000000000
- lostEarnings: Recoverable lost earnings; type=money; required; default=5000; min=0; max=1000000000000
- propertyLoss: Recoverable property loss; type=money; required; default=0; min=0; max=1000000000000
- nonEconomic: Supported non-economic damages scenario; type=money; required; default=0; min=0; max=1000000000000
- fault: Claimant comparative fault; type=percent; required; default=0; min=0; max=100
- negligence: Verified negligence rule; type=select; required; default=pure; values=pure|50|51|contributory
- nonEconomicCap: Applicable non-economic cap (0 = no cap established); type=money; required; default=0; min=0; max=1000000000000
- policyLimit: Available policy limit (0 = not established); type=money; required; default=0; min=0; max=1000000000000
- fee: Contingency fee on gross recovery; type=percent; required; default=0; min=0; max=100
- liens: Medical liens/reimbursements; type=money; required; default=0; min=0; max=1000000000000
- expenses: Case expenses; type=money; required; default=0; min=0; max=1000000000000
- rulesConfirmed: Applicable jurisdiction rules and entered amounts independently verified; type=checkbox; optional; default=false

## Outputs
- economic: Entered economic damages; format=currency
- adjusted: After entered fault rule; format=currency
- recovery: Modeled recovery after entered policy limit; format=currency; primary
- fee: Modeled legal fee; format=currency
- net: Net after entered fee, liens and expenses; format=currency
- status: Rule scenario; format=text

## Formula
Recovery = min(entered policy limit, recoverable damages × (1 − claimant fault)), unless entered rule bars recovery.

Inputs are converted to canonical units before evaluating this stated formula.

## Rules
- Empty optional inputs are undefined, not zero.
- Hidden conditional inputs are ignored.
- Do not invent missing required inputs.

Notice: Illustrative defaults are not local quotes or verified legal rules. Dated reference components and user-entered assumptions are explicitly distinguished. Professional review is pending.