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Free medical malpractice settlement calculator for attorneys, risk teams, and injured patients doing early planning. Stack economic damages, apply a pain-and-suffering multiplier with an optional non-economic cap, then adjust for comparative fault and liability strength. Browse more Legal & Compliance tools—always confirm strategy with malpractice counsel.
Last updated: April 13, 2026
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Informal rule-of-thumb only; juries and insurers often use other methods.
Some states cap non-economic awards in malpractice; enter a statutory-style limit if modeling one.
Liability strength proxies causation / breach proof risk (e.g., 55% for contested standard-of-care).
Illustrative recovery
$227,700
Planning band: $186,714 – $255,024
Medical specials: $175,000
Total economic: $210,000
P&S (after cap): $250,000Uncapped would be $350,000
Gross total: $460,000
After comparative fault: $414,000
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Econ + P&S
Translate treatment timelines into an anchored specials base before narrative noneconomic damages.
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Ceiling on P&S
Test how a noneconomic cap changes total case value versus uncapped multiplier math.
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Liability %
Lower liability strength to reflect contested causation or informed-consent issues.
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Future medical
Enter economist or life-care planner totals in the future medical field as a lump sum.
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Economic only
Split past lost income from discounted future earning capacity when experts provide both.
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Scenario grid
Run parallel liability and fault assumptions against a fixed specials base.
$175k medical specials, $35k lost wages, 2× P&S with a $250k noneconomic cap, 10% fault, 55% liability strength:
Illustrative recovery
~$227,700
The model sums past and future medical expenses with lost income and loss of earning capacity for economic damages. It then multiplies the medical specials base by your pain-and-suffering multiplier to estimate noneconomic damages, applying your optional statutory-style cap. Gross damages combine economics and capped P&S. Comparative fault reduces recovery by the plaintiff’s fault share. Finally, liability strength scales the result to reflect breach/causation proof risk. The output is educational—not a prediction of a verdict, arbitration award, or policy-limits payment.
Settlement low/high bands apply simple multipliers around the recovery figure for negotiation sensitivity—separate from statistical verdict modeling.
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