Legal Question in Personal Injury in Ohio

If you go to Small Claims Court, the highest amount of damages that can be awarded is $3,000.00. The person can be sued individually, but without insurance, it may be difficult to collect any judgment that your son may be awarded. The person may or may not have assets. The person may or may not be employed and have wages to garnish. There are out-of-pocket expenses incurred in bringing a lawsuit. These expenses include the filing fee for the lawsuit, additional court costs including the cost of a jury, the cost of presenting expert witnesses at trial, the cost of exhibits, copies of medical records and bills. If there is no insurance and the person you are suing has no assets, then these costs may not (and most likely willl not) even be recovered and you could be in a worse position economically than if you had done nothing.