If you or someone you love has been severely injured or killed due to the negligence of others, you have the right to learn more about how the legal system can help you. The American legal system provides financial compensation for injuries or death caused by the negligent or careless acts of others (such as car accidents, train wrecks, airline crashes and similar incidents), defective products that injure or kill someone (this includes consumer goods as well as medical appliances or implants), medical negligence (malpractice), pharmaceutical negligence (errors in prescribing or filling prescriptions) and other related causes of injury or death.