{"id":142825,"date":"2026-01-28T17:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/28\/can-ai-agents-settle-pi-cases-mighty-says-they-can-and-have-as-it-launches-free-direct-to-consumer-platform-to-resolve-accident-claims\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:22:10","slug":"can-ai-agents-settle-pi-cases-mighty-says-they-can-and-have-as-it-launches-free-direct-to-consumer-platform-to-resolve-accident-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/28\/can-ai-agents-settle-pi-cases-mighty-says-they-can-and-have-as-it-launches-free-direct-to-consumer-platform-to-resolve-accident-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Can AI Agents Settle PI Cases? Mighty Says They Can and Have, As It Launches Free, Direct-to-Consumer Platform To Resolve Accident Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joshua Schwadron is fed up with personal injury lawyers\u2019 failure to pass on to their clients the savings they realize from technology. He is so fed up, in fact, that he is pivoting his legal technology company Mighty \u2013 which he originally launched to serve PI lawyers \u2013 to bypass those lawyers and go direct [\u2026]<\/p>\n

Joshua Schwadron<\/a> is fed up with personal injury lawyers\u2019 failure to pass on to their clients the savings they realize from technology.<\/p>\n

He is so fed up, in fact, that he is pivoting his legal technology company Mighty<\/a> \u2013 which he originally launched to serve PI lawyers \u2013 to bypass those lawyers and go direct to consumers with the promise of free AI-powered settlement negotiations.<\/p>\n

The company has launched a direct-to-consumer AI platform that handles motor vehicle accident claims from valuation through settlement negotiation \u2013 all for free \u2013 positioning itself as the \u201cfirst stop\u201d for accident victims before they ever consider hiring a lawyer.<\/p>\n

Mighty says it has already settled multiple cases through the platform, all completely handled by AI, without human involvement.<\/p>\n

A Pivot After A Pivot<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not Mighty\u2019s first major pivot. The company started out as a portal that helped PI firms interface more seamlessly with the lienholders, such as medical providers, who had claims against their clients\u2019 recoveries.<\/p>\n

But in 2022, as I reported at the time<\/a>, Mighty made a major pivot to directly compete against those PI firms with a dual-entity business in which Mighty helped deliver clients to its own partner law firm, Mighty Law, and supported that law firm with technology and services.<\/p>\n

Related: LawNext Podcast: Joshua Schwadron On Pivoting His Legal Tech Company to A Law Firm to Compete with His Former Customers<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

That pivot was driven by the same frustration that is driving Schwadron to make this even-more radical pivot now, which is that even though technology has enabled PI firms to operate more efficiently, they do not pass on any of that savings to their clients. They still charge the same contingency fees and still pass on every possible cost.<\/p>\n

So he has decided to put those technology tools directly in the hands of consumers, in the belief that it will enable them to get a fair settlement before having to give away a third of it to a lawyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve evolved from a service provider for law firms to a technology-enabled law firm to what we\u2019re now building, which is going to be the first stop that all consumers after an accident should visit,\u201d Schwadron told me in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt allows them to value their own claim and get a fair settlement offer from the insurance company before they ever need to decide whether to hire a lawyer and pay a 33% fee.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Third Option for Victims<\/strong><\/p>\n

The platform creates what Schwadron characterizes as a critical \u201cthird option\u201d for accident victims who have historically faced a binary choice: hire a PI attorney and immediately surrender 33-40% of their settlement, or negotiate directly with insurance companies as an unrepresented individual.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe insurance company is licking their chops,\u201d Schwadron said of unrepresented claimants. \u201cThey are professional defendants. They know how to lowball you. They know how to pay as little as possible, and that is what their billion-dollar machine is set up to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mighty\u2019s approach leverages AI to level that playing field. The platform collects information about accidents, obtains or receives police reports and medical records, analyzes documents using AI, and submits comprehensive settlement packages to insurance companies.<\/p>\n

The AI is trained to understand insurance company tactics and to know how to push back against lowball offers, Schwadron says.<\/p>\n

The company focuses exclusively on the 90% of personal injury cases that settle pre-suit \u2013 cases that Schwadron describes as \u201cusually administrative.\u201d If Mighty\u2019s AI identifies a case as too complex to settle pre-suit, it immediately flags it for escalation to an attorney.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

How the Platform Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

Users begin by providing basic information about their accident to Mighty\u2019s AI. The system can either accept uploaded police reports and medical records or retrieve them on behalf of the user.<\/p>\n

The AI then analyzes these documents, summarizes the case details, and generates a \u201cLive Estimate\u201d of what the case is worth. This valuation of the claim is continuously updated and adjusted as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n

This estimate draws on case-specific details, a rules engine created by personal injury experts, and leading large language models.<\/p>\n

With the user\u2019s permission, the AI then submits information to the insurance company and negotiates on the user\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n

Notably, Mighty encourages users to obtain second opinions from attorneys even after receiving settlement offers \u2013 a recommendation the company shares with insurance companies to incentivize better initial offers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that we do is we actually refer people to a vetted network of lawyers who guarantee that they will not take a fee unless they actually improve on the offer that you got through Mighty,\u201d Schwadron explained.<\/p>\n

This creates a unique economic dynamic. Since attorneys typically charge 33% contingency fees, they must secure settlements at least 50% higher than Mighty\u2019s AI-negotiated offers for clients to break even. Lawyers in Mighty\u2019s network who accept these modified fee arrangements essentially guarantee they can add value \u2013 or they work for free.<\/p>\n

Already Settling Claims<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mighty claims to have already settled multiple cases through the platform, with testimonials on its website showing settlements ranging from $5,500 to $8,500. Schwadron asserts these represent the first personal injury settlements \u201ccompletely handled by AI.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company describes the AI as available 24\/7 to answer questions about cases, the insurance process, treatment decisions, and even mental and physical health challenges following accidents. The system provides real-time updates whenever case circumstances change, from updated police reports to new settlement offers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mighty\u2019s service is entirely free for consumers who use the AI to value their claims or negotiate directly with insurance companies. The company generates revenue only when users decide to hire attorneys from Mighty\u2019s network, in which case the attorney pays Mighty a lead-generation fee.<\/p>\n

A Critique of Legal Tech\u2019s Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n

Underlying Mighty\u2019s pivot is what Schwadron characterizes as a decade-long frustration with the economics of how legal technology has impacted personal injury practice.<\/p>\n

The problem, Schwadron argues, is that AI and automation in personal injury law have enriched firms without benefiting consumers.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery legal technology company building for personal injury law firms simply is just making law firms richer,\u201d Schwadron said. \u201cThere is not one instance in all of personal injury that I am aware of a personal injury law firm taking the exponential gains they\u2019ve gotten from technology and, more recently, AI, and passing any of that savings on as an economic benefit to the consumer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Law firms are \u201cexponentially more efficient\u201d and can take on two to three times as many cases, yet consumers pay the same contingency fees.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not only bad for the consumers who are in accidents, who are amongst the most vulnerable of us, but it\u2019s actually bad for society because the torts are growing as a larger percentage of GDP,\u201d Schwadron contends.<\/p>\n

The UPL Question<\/strong><\/p>\n

The platform\u2019s direct-to-consumer approach is likely to raise questions for some about whether it is engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.<\/p>\n

But Schwadron says the platform cannot be considered to be engaged in UPL because it uses only software, no humans, to negotiate settlements.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur software does not exercise legal judgment reserved for licensed attorneys,\u201d Mighty\u2019s website says<\/a>. \u201cIt facilitates the pro se (self-represented) process by providing public information and document preparation tools leveraging the power of LLMs.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, the site says, Mighty makes it easy for users to \u201cescalate\u201d their case to lawyer by facilitating introductions to qualified lawyers in all 50 states.<\/p>\n

It is starting out by focusing on motor vehicle accidents because those cases tend to be simpler, the site says. And even for those cases, the system is designed to be conservative.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on our data, our AI currently flags a much larger proportion of cases for Attorney Escalation than we expect to in the future. If a case is complex, we don\u2019t just \u2018let the AI handle it\u2019 \u2013 we provide a one-click path to an attorney in our network.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not Making Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even as AI proliferates across legal practice areas, including PI, most products focus on augmenting attorney productivity rather than replacing attorney involvement entirely.<\/p>\n

Mighty\u2019s direct-to-consumer approach represents a more disruptive model \u2013 one that could face significant resistance from the PI bar. Yet Schwadron seems undeterred by the prospect of antagonizing potential critics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to create a lot of friends in the personal injury space,\u201d he acknowledged. \u201cBut it\u2019s just been too much to now watch AI exponentially change these law firms and consumers getting no economic benefit whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n

For consumers, Mighty\u2019s value proposition is straightforward: free AI-powered case valuation and settlement negotiation, with the option to escalate to an attorney if needed, and only on terms that incentivize the lawyer to improve the outcome.<\/p>\n

For insurance companies, the incentive is avoiding the 50% premium they typically must pay when cases go to attorneys, making fair settlements economically rational.<\/p>\n

Whether this model proves sustainable \u2013 and whether it can navigate the regulatory and competitive challenges that may lie ahead \u2013 remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

But it clearly represents an ambitious attempt to use AI not merely to assist legal services delivery, but to fundamentally restructure how legal services are accessed and priced in a major practice area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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