The dollar amount is based on how severe your injuries are. This measurement takes into account your medical bills, length of time you need to recover and they type of injury. A malpractice claim will certainly require the experience of a lawyer as legal rules and medical questions are complex and involved. With more and more chemicals around us today, we are exposed to contaminants in the water, products food and air. These claims are hard to prove and the scientific data required is the job of a lawyer in that field.