The cost of personal injury lawsuits can vary extremely. With the typical fender bender where somebody maybe had a broken leg and can't work, the cost can be somewhat low. You'll need to take an expert's testimony about how the leg was broken and probably pay for some court reporting costs and other things like that, but generally you can go to trial with less than $10,000. They go up exponentially from there. A medical malpractice wrongful death, that could cost 80 to $130,000 to go to trial. Due to complex circumstances and the unique nature of every case, these costs can vary significantly between defendants.