If you are dealing with an injury from an accident — such as a workplace accident or car accident, you may want to contact a personal injury attorney. An attorney can help you file a claim against the party or parties who may be at fault.

Filing this legal claim will open up the opportunity for you to receive compensation. This compensation could help to cover a variety of costs you have incurred:

- Damage to property

- Medical treatment and hospitalization

- Loss of wages from missing work

- Other pain and suffering

In many cases, insurance companies settle personal injury cases and lawsuits out of court. However, out-of-court settlements are not the only potential outcomes.

Several cases do eventually wind up going to court for trial. A few of the most common reasons include the following:

- The attorney for the defendant believes that they will win the case.

- A plaintiff may want to publicly display the defendant's negligence without them having the option to conceal wrongdoing through a settlement.

- The defendant wants to contest the amount of money at stake for the personal injury claim.

- The defendant’s insurance company does not want to set a standard or precedent for the particular details of a case.

- The seriousness of your injuries, recovery time, and how much it affects your ability to work.

- Your family scenario, age, and other personal aspects.

If you find yourself in this situation, it is important to understand what you need to do.