Movies, TV dramas, and that one story your neighbor tells at every barbecue have quietly shaped how most people think lawsuits actually work. The problem? Almost none of it is accurate. And when real legal decisions get made based on Hollywood logic, people lose time, money, and sometimes their entire case. If you've ever been in a car accident, gotten hurt on someone else's property, or lost a loved one due to someone else's negligence, believing the wrong "fact" about how l