Meet Chris: Another Hensley Success Story

April 11, 2026

On a late afternoon in October 2024, Chris, a 39-year-old converting operator at an adhesive manufacturing plant, was driving north in his pickup truck on 200 East, proceeding through its intersection with 300 North in Hartford City, IN.

But although he had been planning to go bowhunting after a grueling day at work, he realized those plans might have to wait when an eastbound pickup truck on 300 North blew through a stop sign and T-boned him.

Serious Injuries Requiring Extensive Treatment

The force of the impact pushed Chris’s truck off the road and into a field, where it rolled over multiple times before landing on the driver’s side door, resulting in damage so extreme that he needed to be extracted through the small rear window of his truck by emergency responders.

He was then transported to an area hospital to get treated for a wide range of serious injuries, including impairment of the left thumb as well as significant trauma to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.

Chris was ultimately required to undergo approximately six months of physical therapy, and he had to overcome a number of personal and professional challenges while he was recovering too.

Aside from being unable to return to his job for several weeks, he relied heavily on his wife to take care of their dogs and pitch in with the household chores that he could no longer perform. Chris was also upset about having to cancel the annual bowhunting trip to a state park in Southern Indiana that he takes with the grandfather who “got me started” with the sport.

“I look forward to that every year,” he explained. “And my grandpa’s getting older, you know, and you don’t have as much time with your family as you think you do.”

Wise Advice and Great Reviews

Fortunately, bowhunting wasn’t the only subject that Chris’s grandfather could share his wisdom about.

“After I’d gotten in a wreck, I actually called Grandpa and told him, ‘Hey, look, this and this happened,’ and of course, he came over to see me,” Chris recalled, “but he told me right away, ‘If you get injured in an accident, just get an attorney.’

“And he gave me a couple instances when he was younger and got in an accident and wished he had, and he didn’t,” he continued, adding that his grandfather was especially regretful after seeing others enjoy the benefits of “being hassle-free versus trying to get out there and do it on your own.”

Heeding his grandfather’s advice, Chris went searching for lawyers who could make a difference, and one firm’s “great reviews” made it stand out from the rest – a firm that was already familiar to him thanks to a billboard he had come across in the recent past.

“It kind of stuck in my head, the Hensley part,” he said. “And so, when I saw the name, and then I started reading the reviews, I pretty much just made a decision: ‘I’m going to call these guys.’”

“They Were Just Really Kind and Nice to Me”

Chris was immediately impressed when he picked up the phone and got in touch with Hensley Legal Group, PC, since “They were just really kind and nice to me and made the process really easy.”

His impression only grew more favorable once he was introduced to his legal team, which included attorney Jessica Guldner and case manager Haoulia Barry. The level of attentive service they provided helped Chris make up his mind “that I wasn’t going to worry about the process, that I was just going to trust it.”

“I Just Took My Hands Off the Wheel”

His trust in the process paid off. Chris was “very satisfied with the settlement” his lawyer obtained for him, particularly since it was secured in less time than he had expected based upon everything he witnessed during the early stages of his case.

“I didn’t realize how complicated this was,” he said. “I’m glad I got an attorney because as I was seeing the process, and even researching a little bit myself, and the way it was lining up with what was going on, I just took my hands off the wheel and let this thing go.”

Our Muncie Truck Accident Lawyers Will Be There

Hensley Legal Group, PC is a dedicated Indiana personal injury law firm whose experienced attorneys have been fighting on behalf of the wrongfully injured since 1998. If your life is veering out of control because of a catastrophic truck accident in the Muncie area, our Muncie truck accident lawyers will be there to grab the wheel and get you back on course.

You can schedule a free consultation with a knowledgeable Muncie truck accident attorney by calling us at (317) 472-3333, chatting with us online, or filling out our contact form now.