Personal injury lawsuits in Illinois generally involve a person being physically or emotionally injured, or a person’s property being damaged. Illinois personal injury law allows people to be compensated for damages due to another person’s intentional actions, carelessness, negligence, or recklessness. Damages in Illinois personal injury cases may consist of payment for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering and other losses. There is no magic formula as to what a case is worth and every case is different. In most cases the money paid out for a settlement comes from an insurance company. Over the past several years, the Illinois state legislature has passed several new laws that have had major effects on the rights and liabilities of both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury actions.