Claude AI for Personal Injury Lawyers: Demands, Discovery & Settlement

AI for the Personal Injury Workflow

Personal injury cases follow a predictable workflow: investigate, treat, demand, negotiate, litigate. At every stage, Claude handles drafting and analysis faster than most associates.

This guide covers demand letters, medical record review, damages calculation, and discovery preparation.

Drafting Demand Letters

A strong demand letter combines a persuasive liability narrative with precise damages calculations. Claude drafts both from your case notes.

Draft a demand letter for the following case:

Incident: [AUTO ACCIDENT / SLIP AND FALL / MED MAL]
Date: [DATE]
Liability: [HOW DEFENDANT WAS AT FAULT]
Injuries: [LIST ALL INJURIES AND DIAGNOSES]
Treatment: [SUMMARIZE ALL TREATMENT]
Medical expenses: [TOTAL WITH BREAKDOWN]
Lost wages: [AMOUNT AND BASIS]
Other damages: [PROPERTY DAMAGE, OUT-OF-POCKET]
Impact on daily life: [SPECIFIC EXAMPLES]
Demand amount: [TARGET]
Insurance carrier: [NAME AND CLAIM NUMBER]

Structure:
1. Introduction — parties and incident
2. Liability analysis with specific negligent acts
3. Injury and treatment narrative
4. Itemized damages table
5. Pain and suffering argument with life impact examples
6. Demand with 30-day deadline

Strong demand letters require specificity. Include exact dollar amounts, specific dates of treatment, and concrete examples of how injuries affected your client's daily life. See our Demand Letter Drafter prompt for a polished version.

Medical Record Summarization

Medical records are the foundation of every PI case, but hundreds of pages take hours. Claude extracts what matters.

Summarize the following medical records:

1. Treatment timeline — chronological list of all visits
2. Diagnoses — initial and evolving
3. Objective findings — imaging results, test results
4. Treatment provided — medications, procedures, referrals
5. Causation statements — any provider linking injuries to the incident
6. Prognosis and future treatment recommendations
7. Pre-existing conditions mentioned
8. Gaps in treatment (more than 30 days between visits)

Flag entries that help or hurt the claim.

Records:
[PASTE MEDICAL RECORDS]

Process records by provider rather than all at once. This produces more detailed summaries for each treatment relationship.

Damages Calculation

Accurate damages calculations support your demand and settlement negotiations. Claude organizes the numbers.

Calculate total damages for this personal injury case:

Medical expenses:
[LIST EACH PROVIDER AND AMOUNT]

Lost wages:
[EMPLOYER, HOURLY/SALARY RATE, DAYS MISSED]

Future medical expenses:
[PROJECTED TREATMENT AND ESTIMATED COSTS]

Future lost earning capacity:
[IF APPLICABLE — DESCRIBE THE LIMITATION]

Property damage:
[VEHICLE REPAIR/REPLACEMENT, PERSONAL PROPERTY]

Out-of-pocket expenses:
[MILEAGE, PRESCRIPTIONS, MEDICAL DEVICES, HOME MODIFICATIONS]

Provide:
1. Itemized special damages total
2. Per diem pain and suffering calculation (daily rate x days)
3. Multiplier method calculation (specials x multiplier range)
4. Recommended demand range based on both methods
5. Factors that increase or decrease the case value

Discovery Preparation

PI discovery follows patterns. Claude drafts interrogatories and document requests targeting the key liability and damages issues.

Draft discovery requests for a [AUTO ACCIDENT / PREMISES LIABILITY] case:

Key liability issues: [WHAT NEEDS TO BE PROVED]
Defendant type: [INDIVIDUAL / CORPORATION / GOVERNMENT]
Jurisdiction: [STATE]

Draft:
1. 15 interrogatories — targeting fault, notice, prior incidents, insurance
2. 15 document requests — maintenance records, policies, incident reports, communications
3. 5 requests for admission — key undisputed facts

Follow [STATE] format rules and interrogatory limits.

For more on contract review workflows that overlap with PI insurance work, see our AI contract review guide.

Settlement Evaluation

Before any mediation or settlement conference, Claude helps you evaluate the offer against the case value.

Evaluate this settlement offer:

Offer amount: [AMOUNT]
Total special damages: [AMOUNT]
Attorney fee percentage: [PERCENTAGE]
Outstanding liens: [LIST WITH AMOUNTS]
Case strengths: [LIST]
Case weaknesses: [LIST]
Trial risks: [DESCRIBE]
Comparable verdicts: [IF KNOWN]

Provide:
1. Net to client after fees, costs, and liens
2. Whether the offer is within the reasonable settlement range
3. Factors supporting acceptance
4. Factors supporting rejection and counter
5. Recommended counter-offer amount with justification

Visit our personal injury practice area page for more prompts and guides.