DISCLAIMER

Case Value Assessment™ is a free tool built to help accident victims understand roughly what their case may be worth before they ever speak with an attorney. The estimates it produces are an educational starting point — not legal advice, and not a substitute for a real evaluation by a licensed attorney. This page lays out plainly what the tool does, what it doesn’t do, and where its limits are.

Using This Tool Doesn’t Make Us Your Attorney

Nothing on casevalue.co amounts to legal advice, and simply using our calculator or reading our content doesn’t put you in an attorney-client relationship with us. Case Value Assessment is directed by Daniel J. Conidi, Esquire, CFE, a licensed attorney and former federal law enforcement agent — but that oversight is editorial and methodological in nature. It does not mean we are actively representing you, investigating your claim, or handling any filing on your behalf unless and until a separate, written engagement is signed with a specific attorney.

Personal injury law turns on jurisdiction, on the specific facts of your accident, and on hard deadlines. Missing a statute of limitations by even a single day can wipe out an otherwise winnable case. If you have an actual injury, an actual accident, or a settlement offer sitting in front of you, don’t rely on this website alone — talk to a licensed attorney in your state. Most personal injury attorneys, including those in our network, offer free consultations and work on contingency, so you pay nothing unless they recover money for you.

If your situation is time-sensitive — a deadline approaching, a release document you’ve been asked to sign, or a lowball offer with an expiration date — contact a licensed attorney right away rather than relying solely on this tool.

How Our Estimates Are Built

Our calculator applies the multiplier method — the same general approach insurance adjusters and plaintiff’s attorneys have relied on for decades. We take your documented economic damages (medical bills, lost wages, anticipated future medical costs, property damage, and out-of-pocket expenses) and multiply that figure by a range, roughly 1.5x to 5x, adjusted for injury severity, how long treatment lasted, whether the injury is permanent, comparative fault, and the jurisdiction involved.

Think of our number as directional, not predictive. It’s meant to tell you whether an offer on the table is reasonable, well below fair value, or unusually generous — not to forecast exactly what your case will settle for. A long list of variables our calculator simply cannot see will shape your actual outcome, including:

• How thorough and consistent your medical documentation is
• The at-fault party’s available insurance coverage and personal assets
• Pre-existing conditions or prior injuries to the same part of the body
• The strength of witnesses, photographs, police reports, or video evidence
• How juries in your specific county tend to rule in similar cases
• The experience and track record of the attorneys on both sides
• Whether you’re in a position to take the case to trial if a fair settlement isn’t offered

Two people with nearly identical injuries and medical bills can walk away with very different settlements because of these factors. Use our number as one data point among many — not a ceiling, a floor, or a figure to insist on in negotiation.

Where This Tool Applies — and Where It Doesn’t

Case Value Assessment is built around Illinois law and the law of neighboring states we actively cover. We are not attempting to model every U.S. jurisdiction, and the general framework behind our estimates may not translate cleanly outside the states we currently support.

Comparative negligence rules, damages caps, and filing deadlines change over time as legislatures act and courts issue new rulings. We do our best to keep our state-law summaries current, but we cannot promise they reflect the law exactly as it stands the moment you’re reading this. Before relying on any specific deadline, cap, or fault rule, confirm it directly with a licensed attorney or the official state code.

If your accident happened outside the states we cover, involves a federal or maritime claim, involves a government entity as a defendant (which often triggers strict notice requirements), or involves a minor or an incapacitated adult, our general framework may not apply at all. These situations call for attorney guidance specific to your circumstances.

No Warranty — Use at Your Own Risk

This Site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We make no representation or warranty, express or implied, about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or suitability of the website or any estimate, content, or output it produces.

To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim liability for any loss or damage — including indirect or consequential loss — arising from your use of this Site, including a missed deadline, a denied claim, or a settlement that comes in lower than our estimate suggested. Any reliance you place on this Site is at your own risk. Our tools are meant to inform and assist you; they are not a guarantee of any particular outcome.

Links and Services We Don’t Control

This Site may link to third-party websites, tools, or services that we don’t own or operate. We have no control over, and take no responsibility for, the content, privacy practices, or reliability of those third parties. Use of any linked service is governed by that provider’s own terms.

How We’re Compensated — Referral Disclosure

Case Value Assessment is free to use. Where our business model connects a visitor’s case to an attorney for possible representation, Case Value Assessment, Daniel J. Conidi, and/or the Mid-Atlantic Law Project may receive compensation in connection with that referral — whether structured as a shared fee with the handling attorney, a flat lead-access arrangement, or another form permitted under applicable rules of professional conduct. We do not rank attorneys algorithmically, do not guarantee any outcome, and connecting with an attorney through this Site is always optional and requires your consent.

If we ever publish sponsored content or receive payment from a third party for a placement on this Site, we will clearly label it as sponsored and disclose the relationship.

Changes to This Disclaimer

We may update this Disclaimer from time to time to reflect changes in our tools, our content, applicable law, or how we operate. The current version will always be posted here with an updated effective date. Continuing to use this Site after an update means you accept the revised Disclaimer.

Contact Us

Questions about this Disclaimer, our methodology, or a specific result the calculator produced for you can be directed to the Mid-Atlantic Law Project, operator of Case Value Assessment™, at (800) 596-4003 or [email protected].

We built this tool because we believe accident victims deserve to see the same kind of case-valuation approach insurance companies already use internally. That only means something if we’re straightforward about what this tool can and can’t do — which is the entire purpose of this page.