Patent ID: 7653559

Claim:
A method of estimating liability and a range of liability for a vehicle accident, comprising: estimating a base liability of a party in a vehicle accident, a lower bound of liability of the party, and an upper bound of liability of the party with a computer system, wherein the base liability is a portion of the liability of the party for the accident that is independent of factors specific to condition of vehicles in the accident, condition of drivers in the accident, actions of drivers in the accident, and environmental conditions common to vehicles in the accident, wherein the lower bound is greater than zero percent or the upper bound is less than 100 percent; estimating an effect of one or more factors on the liability of the party with a computer system; wherein the one or more factors depend upon conditions of vehicles in the vehicle accident, conditions of drivers in the vehicle accident, actions of drivers in the vehicle accident, or environmental conditions common to vehicles in the vehicle accident; and combining the estimate of the base liability with the estimate of the effect of the one or more factors on the liability.