If you or a loved one has been involved in a serious accident, you may not feel like filing a legal claim. If your accident was serious, you may want to focus on healing or getting back to work as soon as possible. But if your accident was caused by another person’s negligence, filing a claim will make your situation easier. For example, after a car accident, you may need surgery or medicine that can be highly expensive. In that case, the other person is required by law to cover these costs. Without filing a claim, however, you can’t receive this compensation.