Research Desk.
The research function behind the figures on MyClaimWorth: statutes, caps, deadlines, guidelines, and reported awards, each traced to a source.
The Research Desk is the part of MyClaimWorth Editorial that finds and checks the numbers. It is named separately on data pages so readers can see that the figures, tables, and citations went through a research step before any prose was written around them.
The desk works from statute text, court opinions, official guideline documents, and government datasets. When two sources disagree, for example a guideline bracket and a later appellate award, the page shows both and says which one it relies on and why, rather than quietly picking one.
Where the figures come from
Damages caps, limitation periods, and fault rules come from the statute itself, read on the official legislature site or a maintained public mirror, and from the court decision that applied or struck it down. Workers’ compensation rates come from the state agency that sets them each year. UK brackets come from the Judicial College Guidelines and, for whiplash, from the statutory instruments that set the tariff. Original counts, such as the number of nursing homes carrying the federal abuse icon in each state, are built directly from the government file and the method is explained on the page.
Some official sites block visitors from outside the United States or block automated tools. When that happens the desk uses another official copy of the same text or a maintained public mirror, and cross-checks the figure against a second source before it is used. If a figure still cannot be confirmed, it is left out.
How the figures are kept current
Caps that are indexed to inflation, workers’ compensation maximums, and guideline brackets change on known dates. The desk records the effective date next to each figure so a reader can see how current it is. When a law changes, the change goes on the law changes page and every page that carries the old figure is updated.