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Colossus, Settlements, Litigation and the AMA Guidelines

What You Will Learn

  • Colossus and how it works
  • Understanding AMA Guidelines and how they impact valuation of damages
  • How Colossus uses AMA Guidelines
  • How you can use AMA Guidelines in trial to counter the defense on damages
  • Techniques to increase settlement offers and trial verdicts

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What You Will Learn

  • Colossus and how it works
  • Understanding AMA Guidelines and how they impact valuation of damages
  • How Colossus uses AMA Guidelines
  • How you can use AMA Guidelines in trial to counter the defense on damages
  • Techniques to increase settlement offers and trial verdicts

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$79 for Association Member
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75 minutes
Date Published

June 16, 2026

Publisher

Kentucky Justice Association

Subjects

Auto, Settlements

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Summary

The auto insurance industry has replaced the judgment of medical professionals with claims management software programs such as Colossus that rely on medical records and other data input by the insurance adjuster to calculate the value of your client’s injuries. Any injuries not included in your client’s medical records are not part of the data set for Colossus calculations, leaving your client’s damages undervalued.

Getting your client a fair settlement requires knowing how Colossus uses your client’s medical records to value damages, including  what information is entered into the system, understanding AMA Guidelines and how they are used by Colossus, and knowing how to use AMA Guidelines at trial to counter the defense’s valuation.

Mike Schafer and Jack Sells will use an actual case study to illustrate the workings of computer-driven settlement programs, such as Colossus, including key points that factor into calculating the value placed on your client’s injuries. You will learn how Colossus uses AMA Guidelines in its software algorithms and how you can use those guidelines in trial to counter the defense’s valuation. Using the techniques from this webinar, you can increase both settlements and trial verdicts, getting your clients the justice they deserve.

Our speakers will also bring in Virginia personal injury attorney Leila Kilgore and interview her about some of her successful cases in this area. 

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Presenters

Jack Sells
Precision Spinal Diagnostics, PLLC

Jack Sells is the CEO of Precision Spinal Diagnostics, whose team provides AMA Guides-defined computer analysis of x-rays in... Read More

Michael A. Schafer

MICHAEL A. SCHAFER is an attorney in Louisville, Kentucky who concentrates his law practice in personal injury litigation.... Read More

Leila Kilgore
Kilgore & Smith

Ms. Kilgore is a graduate of Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College of Wyoming. In addition to her years of additional training... Read More

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