AI for Personal Injury Firms: Depositions and Medical Records in Minutes
Every PI case is built on two stacks of documents — deposition transcripts and medical records. Dodonai turns both into case-ready summaries and chronologies with citations, so case prep that took associate-weeks happens in an afternoon.
The Two Workflows That Define PI Case Prep
A personal injury firm's economics depend on two things: how fast a case moves from intake to demand, and how strong the file is when it gets there. Both come down to document work — turning deposition transcripts into cross-examination outlines, and turning thousands of pages of medical records into a clean chronology that supports the damages model.
Done manually, this is associate and paralegal time measured in weeks per case. Outsourced to a summary service, it's a 3–7 business day turnaround at $3–$10 per page. With AI built for legal workflow, it's an afternoon at a fraction of the cost — and the output is consistent across every case in the firm.
What PI Firms Use Dodonai For
Deposition Summaries with Citations
Upload the plaintiff, defendant, and expert deposition transcripts. Receive page-line summaries, narrative summaries, or issue-based summaries in roughly 3 minutes per 100 pages. Every point cites back to the testimony for instant verification.
Medical Record Chronologies
Process the full medical records production — ER visits, hospitalizations, specialist referrals, surgeries, PT sessions, medication changes, IME findings — into a date-ordered chronology with page citations. Surfaces gaps in treatment, prior conditions, and IME contradictions.
Search Across the Whole Case File
Load every transcript, expert report, and medical record into the case. Search by meaning, not just keywords. Find every place a defense expert mentioned causation, every reference to a preexisting condition, every inconsistency.
Same-Week Demand Letter Inputs
Medical chronology, treatment cost summary, and deposition highlights in the same week the records arrive. Cases move from intake to demand in a fraction of the standard timeline.
HIPAA-Compliant by Default
Medical records are protected health information. Dodonai is SOC 2 certified, HIPAA compliant, AES-256 encrypted, and signs BAAs. Your case data is never used to train AI models.
Predictable Cost Per Case
Subscription pricing — Lite $30/month for 200 pages, Basic $60/month for 1,000 pages, Pro $100/month for 5,000 pages. A typical PI case file runs $5–$30 to fully process, against hundreds of dollars per case for outsourced summary services.
AI for Personal Injury Firms: Options Compared
| Capability | Dodonai | PI-Focused AI Tools | Outsourced Summary Services | Manual / In-House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deposition summaries with page-line citations | Varies | |||
| Medical record chronologies with citations | ||||
| Searchable case library across documents | Varies | |||
| Handles scanned and handwritten records | Varies | |||
| Turnaround for typical case file | Hours | Hours to days | 3–7 business days | Days to weeks |
| Cost per typical PI case | $5–$30 | Varies — often higher tier pricing | $300–$1,000+ | Billed paralegal/attorney rate |
| Self-serve, no implementation | Varies | N/A | N/A | |
| Also handles contract review and IME reports | Often PI-only | Varies | ||
| SOC 2 + HIPAA + signed BAA | Varies | Varies | Depends on firm | |
| Data not used for AI training | Varies | N/A | N/A | |
| Free trial available | Sometimes |
How It Works
Upload the Case Documents
Drop in deposition transcripts, medical records, IME reports, and expert disclosures. PDF, Word, scanned files, and handwritten records all work. No preprocessing required.
Generate the Core Outputs
Run deposition summaries, build the medical chronology, and process the IME report. Each output completes in minutes and includes page citations to the source.
Search the Full Case File
Use semantic search across the whole case to find every mention of causation, prior conditions, treatment gaps, or specific medications. Search by meaning so phrasing differences don't hide relevant testimony.
Build the Demand Package
Compile the chronology, deposition highlights, treatment cost summary, and expert findings into a demand letter or settlement memo. Source citations carry through to the final document.
Beyond Personal Injury
PI firms often grow into adjacent practice areas — medical malpractice, workers' compensation, mass tort, product liability. Dodonai works the same way across all of them: same deposition summaries, same medical chronologies, same searchable case library. Firms that adopt Dodonai for PI usually expand it across the rest of the litigation practice within a few months because the workflow is the same.
Frequently Asked Questions
PI-focused AI tools tend to bundle case management, intake, and document review into a single platform. Dodonai is focused on the document review piece — deposition summaries, medical chronologies, and case-file search — and integrates alongside whatever case management system you already use. The tradeoff: less bundling, more focus on output quality and turnaround speed for the documents that drive case value.
Related Pages
AI Deposition Summary Software
Page-line, narrative, and issue-based summaries with citations in minutes.
Medical Record Review
Chronologies, summaries, and gap analysis across thousands of pages of records.
Personal Injury Practice
How Dodonai supports the full PI case workflow from intake to demand.
Demand Letters
Turn the case file into a demand-ready package with cited evidence.
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