There are legal measures that can to be taken for anyone who has suffered a personal injury which may have been due to someone else's negligence or malicious actions. The benefits of settling an injury lawsuit are numerous. Those injured have endured many hardships as a result of their injury. They have experienced the pain and suffering of the injury itself and may also have lost wages from time taken off work to recover or attend doctor’s appointments. Injured persons may also have lost the ability to work, paid out-of-pocket expenses for medical visits, prescription medications, surgeries and hospital stays and expensive assisted travel fees. There also intangible damages that can be compensated for financially, such as lowered quality of life and loss of consortium. These costs can be reimbursed or compensated for 2 to 10 times the dollar amount when a settlement is reached an injury lawsuit.

An innocent victim of personal injury is entitled to any reasonable settlement they request through a personal injury claim. However, personal injury law and proceedings can be complicated and may require vast amounts of time spent collecting an organizing the proper documentation of evidence, as well as the capacity to successfully negotiate with insurance claims adjusters. There is also the possibility of a claim going to trial. The average person is not equipped to deal with these requirements and will likely reach a settlement far short of what they deserve.

Personal injury claims and premises injury claims in the state of California have a statute of limitations, restricting the amount of time a claimant is legally allowed to begin to proceed with a claim. For this reason, to ensure a successful settlement it is necessary to contact a personal injury attorney immediately upon any injury to begin the work of proper assessment of culpability, documentation of evidence and settlement statement preparation within the restricted statute of limitations.

An attorney will help file the injury claim, prepare and deliver a demand package to the insurance provider. A settlement may be reached after these actions, but if the insurance adjuster fails to agree with the demand package the injury claim will go to court and the settlement will be decided at a juried trial. In either case a reasonable settlement may be up to 10 times larger than the actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the claimant and wages lost from the victim.