Like every other detail in a personal injury lawsuit, the amount of time that it will take for you to receive your settlement depends on a variety of different issues and questions. One of the major factors for the length of time that it takes to reach a settlement agreement is whether or not you will be required to go to court for a lawsuit. Once a lawsuit is initiated, there are many more steps that you will need to take and each of these steps is up to the court’s schedule and other things that are beyond your control. If possible, our initial goal will be to reach a settlement agreement before we need to file a lawsuit with the California courts. Lawsuits are costly and time-consuming, so it often works out that accepting a settlement agreement for less than what we would likely be awarded in a lawsuit still works out to the same amount that you will get to take home.