Winning a Personal Injury Lawsuit requires an experienced and knowledgeable attorney. There are numerous aspects to any personal injury case and that includes preparing and filing the correct legal papers, conducting and supervising an investigation, collecting statements from witnesses, managing the discovery process, which is the collection of information from the opposing side, and much more. When there is strong evidence and / or witnesses the defendants' lawyers will often recommend an out-of-court settlement because losing the case in a trial could be much more expensive for the defendants. However, virtually all personal injury cases have some unpredictability. Witnesses are sometimes less than reliable and expert witnesses can contradict each other. Therefore the plantiff should listen very carefully to the strategy and options presented by his / her attorney.