Meet Anthony: Another Hensley Success Story

March 12, 2026

One morning in November 2021, Anthony was driving a Chevy Malibu westbound on Beardsley Ave., leaving its intersection with West Blvd. in Elkhart, IN. While his birthday may have been only two days away, so far this day still felt like almost any other that the 41-year-old Chicago native had spent in Elkhart since moving there a number of years earlier.

However, it instantly became a day that he wouldn’t ever forget when the woman traveling in the Ford Escape directly to his left made a sudden right-hand turn and violently smashed into his side of the vehicle.

Serious Injuries Meet with Stiff Resistance

The driver who hit him was quick to admit fault once the police arrived at the scene shortly afterward, and her insurance company later acknowledged her liability for the Elkhart car accident. Unfortunately, those were practically the last bits of good news that Anthony would receive in the months that followed.

During this difficult period, he struggled to recover from a wide range of serious injuries. Specifically, the collision exacerbated his preexisting spinal stenosis and sciatica, transforming what had been a moderate but manageable source of discomfort into a major impediment to his activities of daily living.

“It caused me to walk with little stability,” Anthony recalled, so much so that he required the use of assistive devices like a cane and a walker just to get around.

Additionally, his ongoing lower back pain and weakness throughout his legs and hips drastically limited his ability to lift heavy objects and complete a variety of household chores and other tasks on his own.

In an attempt to get his aggravated symptoms under control, Anthony had to undergo over a year of physical therapy along with multiple steroid injections, and at one point he contemplated surgery based upon recommendations from both a spine intervention specialist and a neurosurgeon.

Yet despite the severity of Anthony’s injuries and the prospect of more invasive medical procedures to come, he would always meet with stiff resistance from the defendant’s insurance carrier, who dismissed them as unrelated to the crash and took issue with some gaps in his treatment as well.

“They Stuck with Me”

But as soon as Anthony began to worry that his personal injury case would fail, he came across a commercial on YouTube that introduced him to a law firm that would eventually turn everything around for him: Hensley Legal Group, PC.

In stark contrast to the indifferent response that he got from the defendant’s auto insurer, Anthony was immediately struck by the level of care and concern that he enjoyed from his new legal team, which included his attorney Kelly Cicillian and his case manager Ashley Arellano. Moreover, the attentive service that Hensley Legal Group delivered never let up no matter what else was going on.

“They stuck with me,” Anthony recalled, and he also appreciated how often representatives from the firm would check in on him and his progress.

The degree of consideration they displayed was even more impressive given how tirelessly they were working to build a rock-solid case that could overcome the defense’s objections, irrefutably link his worsened condition to the accident, and get him the compensation that he deserved.

More Than Twice the Initial Offer

Hensley’s massive investment of time and effort ultimately yielded huge gains. In fact, the firm managed to obtain a substantial settlement that ended up being more than twice the initial offer from the insurance company, and its sheer size in light of the many challenges that the client had to face along the way gave him an incredible sense of relief.

As Anthony put it, “Everyone was satisfied.”

When asked what he would tell other people who find themselves in similar circumstances and may be thinking about hiring Hensley, Anthony didn’t hesitate to say that they “Definitely should give you guys a try.”

“Reach out,” he continued. “Give them a call and give them your storyline and see if they can help you out.

“It’s a long process, but I know they did a good job,” Anthony concluded. “And I hope you get some good results.”

Get in Touch with Hensley’s South Bend Car Accident Lawyers

And hopefully you’ll get some good results too when you partner with Hensley Legal Group, PC, a dedicated Indiana personal injury law firm whose experienced attorneys have been fighting on behalf of the wrongfully injured since 1998. If you have no idea what to do after being badly hurt in a car accident in the South Bend area, get in touch with Hensley’s South Bend car accident lawyers to learn more about the remedies that may be available to you.

You can call us at (317) 472-3333, chat with us online, or fill out our contact form now to schedule a free consultation with a knowledgeable South Bend car accident attorney.