About David Elk
David J. Elk is a Founding Partner of Elk & Elk, based in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. He has represented thousands of medical malpractice and wrongful death victims throughout Ohio for more than 56 years. He began his career at one of Ohio's largest personal injury firms, where he spent seven years before going out on his own and then partnering with his brother Arthur to build one of the geographically largest injury practices in the state. David holds an AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell rating and has been recognized by Million Dollar Advocates, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates, Who's Who Top 10 Members in Law, and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Elk & Elk Co Ltd
These results are credited to Elk & Elk Co Ltd. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A Cuyahoga County jury awarded $39 million to the widow of a highway paving inspector struck and killed on Interstate 271 after the paving contractor failed to follow its court-approved safety plan.
A Fulton County jury awarded $2,761,228 to the widow and estate of James Worman after a fabricated axle shaft sold by Hart's Machine Service fractured beneath the couple's 1973 Honda trike, killing James and severely injuring his wife Pamela.
A Hamilton County, Ohio, jury awarded $2,063,255.51 to the family of Judy Helen Collins, 73, who died in November 2019 after complications of a hiatal hernia repair. Jurors found surgeon Robert Bradley, MD, liable for medical malpractice and wrongful death after he did not obtain a CT scan a radiologist had recommended and did not recognize signs of re-herniation. The same jury cleared the radiologist and his imaging group. The verdict came on Oct. 24, 2024, after a two-week trial.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
