The honest answer is that it depends on the facts of your case, and anyone who quotes you a number before reviewing them is guessing. Value comes from your actual losses, so the more serious the injury and the clearer the other side's fault, the more the claim is generally worth.
In California, damages usually fall into a few buckets. There are your economic losses, like medical bills, future treatment, and lost wages while you could not work. Then there are non-economic losses, which people call pain and suffering. A serious back injury or a neck injury that lingers for years is treated very differently than a bruise that heals in a week.
Fault matters too. California is a pure comparative-fault state, so if you were partly to blame, your recovery is reduced by your share, but you can still recover something. Insurance adjusters know this and often push to pin more blame on you than the facts support. Part of our job is pushing back.
The type of case shapes value as well. A car accident claim, a truck accident case, and a broader personal injury matter can each involve very different insurance coverage and injuries.
This is general information, not legal advice, and every case is different.
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