Suffering from an injury is never an ideal position to find yourself in. Between recovery time, medical bills, and psychological pain and suffering, an injury can bring us to our wit’s end.
If someone else’s negligent actions caused the injury, an already difficult situation becomes even worse. In these cases, an injury is no longer just a personal matter.
To get compensation, you have to file a claim. As filing a claim is, by definition, entering into a dispute with or accusing someone else of wrongdoing, it can be scary. However, because you did not cause the injury, you deserve compensation for its costs.
The claims process can appear confusing and difficult at first, but it does not have to be with the right legal help. Findlay personal injury attorney Aaron Bensinger will listen to your story and identify your needs. He will then work tirelessly to help you understand the claims process and take care of the difficult parts.
With the peace of mind of knowing your legal needs are taken care of, you can focus on what is most important—recovery.
Why Choose Aaron Bensinger
Aaron L. Bensinger is an Ohio-licensed personal injury and civil litigation attorney based in Lima, Ohio, serving injured clients in Findlay, Hancock County, and throughout Northwest Ohio. He leads Bensinger Legal Services, one of the established civil litigation firms in the region.
Aaron has extensive trial experience in Ohio state and federal courts, including the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio — the federal district that covers Hancock County. Super Lawyers recognized Aaron as a Rising Star in 2014 and 2015. He earned his law degree from Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, and has built his practice representing injured people across Northwest Ohio.
His approach is straightforward: he handles the legal process so you can focus on recovering. He works on a contingency fee basis, meaning there is no attorney fee unless your claim is successful.
Cases We Typically Handle
Aaron Bensinger represents injured clients in Findlay and Hancock County across a broad range of personal injury cases, including:
- Car accidents — collisions on I-75, US-224, Tiffin Avenue, and Findlay’s local road network
- Truck accidents — semi-truck and commercial vehicle crashes on I-75 and surrounding freight corridors
- Motorcycle accidents — crashes involving motorcycles on Hancock County roads and highways
- Dog bites — injuries caused by dog attacks on public or private property under Ohio’s strict liability law
- Premises liability — slip and falls, trip and falls, and unsafe conditions on someone else’s property
- Bicycle accidents — crashes involving cyclists on Findlay roads
- Product liability — injuries caused by defective or dangerous products
- Wrongful death — claims on behalf of families who lost a loved one due to another party’s negligence
If your injury type is not listed above, contact us anyway. Personal injury law covers a broad range of situations, and we can evaluate whether your circumstances give rise to a claim.
Personal Injury Claims in Findlay and Hancock County
Findlay is the county seat of Hancock County and sits at the intersection of Interstate 75 and US-224, two of Northwest Ohio’s highest-traffic corridors. I-75 carries significant commercial truck traffic through Hancock County year-round, making truck accidents a particularly common source of serious injury claims in the area. US-224, Tiffin Avenue, and Findlay’s downtown street network are frequent locations for car accident and pedestrian injury incidents.
When a personal injury lawsuit is filed in Findlay, it is typically handled in one of two courts depending on the amount in dispute:
Hancock County Court of Common Pleas (300 South Main Street, Findlay, OH 45840) handles all civil cases where the amount at issue exceeds $15,000, which covers the vast majority of serious personal injury claims. The General Division of the court hears negligence actions, premises liability cases, wrongful death claims, and other civil matters of a serious nature.
Findlay Municipal Court (318 Dorney Plaza, Findlay, OH 45840) handles civil cases where the amount in dispute does not exceed $15,000, including smaller personal injury and property damage claims.
For cases involving out-of-state defendants or other federal jurisdictional triggers, Hancock County falls within the Western Division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, with its divisional office in Toledo.
Understanding which court applies to your case and how local procedural rules affect your claim is part of what an experienced Findlay personal injury attorney brings to the table.
What Damages Are Recoverable?
The scope of recoverable damages in an Ohio personal injury case may be broader than you expect. Ohio law recognizes that not all losses are easy to quantify. Damages are split by Ohio law into two main categories: economic and non-economic.
Economic damages are those with a precise dollar value. They include:
- Lost wages and earning potential,
- Medical treatment,
- Property damage, and
- Rehabilitation.
On the other hand, non-economic damages are intangible; they lack an exact dollar value but are still just as damaging as any economic loss. They include a broad range of different losses, such as:
- Pain and suffering;
- Emotional trauma;
- Loss of protection, advice, or counsel;
- Disfigurement; and
- Loss of a body part.
You deserve compensation for any loss you incur due to an injury.
Contact Us Today
If you suffer an injury, don’t wait to recover your losses. Contact a Findlay personal injury lawyer at Bensinger Law today. You can contact us on the phone, by email, or through our website’s chat function 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We offer free consultations to all of our prospective clients. Be sure to check out our testimonials page to see what past clients have to say about Bensinger Law!
Frequently Asked Questions
As filing a personal injury claim is a new experience for most of our clients, we get a lot of questions. It is our job to have answers to these questions, and we take that seriously.
Ohio law imposes limits on some amounts of claimable damages in personal injury cases. For economic damages, there is no limit. No matter the amount of economic losses you incur, it is all recoverable.
Non-economic damages, however, do have a limit. The cap on non-economic damages is equal to the greater of $250,000 or three times the amount of economic loss, with a maximum of $350,000 per injured person or $500,000 per incident.
Every personal injury claim is worth a different amount. The value of a claim depends primarily on the total cost of economic losses. Similarly, the total amount of non-economic damages a claim is worth depends on the losses specific to that case. This is not to say that a minor injury is not worth pursuing a claim over. Even an injury with a relatively small amount of economic loss can include significant non-economic losses. It all depends on the losses you suffer and your lawyer’s ability to show those losses.
Often our clients have concerns about whether they can afford to hire an attorney. If their claim is not successful, they fear that hiring an attorney can put them further in the hole than they were before. This is not the case, however. Most personal injury firms, including Bensinger Law, will not charge a fee if a claim is not successful. Instead, they charge a fixed percentage of the final settlement amount, which is only due if a claim is successful. In this way, hiring a personal injury attorney is affordable to all injured parties, as it should be.
Under Ohio Revised Code Section 2305.10, you generally have two years from the date of your injury to file a personal injury lawsuit. This deadline applies to car accident claims, dog bite claims, slip and fall claims, and most other personal injury cases filed in Hancock County. If a loved one was killed in an accident, the wrongful death statute of limitations is two years from the date of death under ORC Section 2125.02. Missing the deadline can permanently bar your right to compensation, so contacting an attorney as early as possible is important.
Ohio’s comparative negligence rule under ORC Section 2315.33 allows injured people to recover compensation even if they were partially at fault for the accident — as long as their share of fault is 50% or less. Your total compensation is reduced by your percentage of fault. Insurance companies often try to assign as much fault as possible to the injured person to reduce what they owe. An experienced Findlay personal injury attorney can help counter those fault assignments with evidence and protect the full value of your claim.
Most serious personal injury cases in Findlay are filed in the Hancock County Court of Common Pleas, located at 300 South Main Street in Findlay. This court has jurisdiction over civil cases where the amount in dispute exceeds $15,000 — which covers the majority of personal injury claims involving significant medical bills or lost wages. Smaller claims may be filed in the Findlay Municipal Court at 318 Dorney Plaza. Cases involving certain federal jurisdictional requirements may be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.