Legal Settlement Evaluation Framework#

Overview#

Helps evaluate settlement options using exposure, evidence strength, litigation cost, non-monetary terms, timing, and uncertainty. This is a descriptive OpenClaw skill for legal-industry workflow support. It provides structured frameworks, checklists, templates, and issue-spotting prompts. It does not execute code, call external APIs, access legal databases, retrieve court records, automate filings, or perform legal services.

When to Use#

• Assessing settlement offers
• Preparing client recommendation memos
• Comparing litigation versus resolution options

Target Users#

• Litigators
• In-house counsel
• Claims teams
• Business stakeholders

Inputs to Collect#

• Matter or project context, including jurisdiction if known
• Relevant facts, documents, parties, dates, and constraints
• Desired output format, audience, and level of detail
• Known deadlines, risk concerns, or review priorities

Core Modules#

1. Exposure and damages range table — provides structured prompts, checklists, and review fields for this area.
2. Evidence strength factors — provides structured prompts, checklists, and review fields for this area.
3. Cost/time/risk comparison — provides structured prompts, checklists, and review fields for this area.
4. Non-monetary term checklist — provides structured prompts, checklists, and review fields for this area.
5. Decision memo template — provides structured prompts, checklists, and review fields for this area.

Workflow#

1. Confirm the user's legal workflow goal and the relevant practice context.
2. Ask for missing facts, documents, dates, parties, jurisdiction, and audience where needed.
3. Apply the modules below as a structured thinking framework.
4. Produce checklists, templates, matrices, memos, or planning aids tailored to the user's context.
5. Flag uncertainty, verification needs, deadlines, ethics concerns, confidentiality issues, and attorney-review points.

Expected Outputs#

• Settlement evaluation matrix
• Risk-adjusted comparison
• Client recommendation outline
• Open issues list

Example Prompts#

• "Build a settlement evaluation matrix for a contract dispute."
• "Help compare accepting an offer versus continuing litigation."

Usage Scenarios#

Scenario 1#

User input: "Plaintiff offered $85K settlement on our $200K claim. Evidence is mixed. Should we accept?"

Expected output: Structured cost-benefit matrix weighing evidence strength (60% confidence), litigation costs ($40K estimated), time-to-resolution (18 months), and non-monetary factors (precedent risk, confidentiality value).

Scenario 2#

User input: "Evaluate three settlement options for an employment dispute with a former executive."

Expected output: Comparative table scoring each option on exposure limit, reputational impact, enforceability, tax implications, and future-relationship preservation.

Scenario 3#

User input: "Create a settlement evaluation template our legal team can reuse for consumer class actions."

Expected output: Reusable template with fields for claim value, defense cost projection, class size, opt-out risk, media exposure, and insurer coverage alignment.

Scenario 4: 被车撞了对方想私了#

User input: "骑电动车被小轿车撞了，轻微擦伤交警定了对方全责，对方想私了赔我3000块完事，接受吗？" Expected output: 评估私了方案的合理性：1）列出潜在医疗费用——急诊检查（CT/X光约300-600元）、后续复查、可能的物理治疗费用；2）误工费——按实际收入计算休息天数；3）电动车维修费；4）精神损害抚慰金（轻微伤一般没有）。建议先去医院做完整检查后再谈赔偿。如果检查后无大碍，建议谈判价位在5000-8000元（含医疗费+3天误工+修车费）。保留对方联系方式、车牌号和事故认定书再签私了协议。如果对方是网约车或共享汽车，一定要走保险。

Safety and Legal Limitations#

• This skill provides informational workflow support only and is not legal advice.
• It does not create an attorney-client relationship and does not replace review by a qualified attorney.
• Laws, court rules, deadlines, ethics duties, privilege, confidentiality, and professional responsibility rules vary by jurisdiction and matter.
• Users must verify all legal authorities, filing requirements, deadlines, facts, citations, and strategic decisions with qualified counsel.
• The skill must not be used to fabricate evidence, coach false testimony, evade regulation, access data unlawfully, or bypass confidentiality obligations.
• Specific limitation for this skill: Does not predict court outcomes or advise acceptance; final settlement decisions require attorney-client analysis.

Acceptance Criteria#

• Package is descriptive only: no handler.py, scripts, external APIs, network calls, or command execution.
• SKILL.md and README.md are English-first and include an explicit legal-information disclaimer.
• Outputs are frameworks, checklists, templates, or planning aids rather than legal conclusions.
• Includes target users, when-to-use guidance, inputs, workflow, outputs, examples, and safety limitations.
• skill.json contains unique slug, tags, trigger keywords, requires_api=false, and readiness=stable.