About Matthew Carty
Matthew J. Carty earned a degree in Legal Communication from Ohio University before receiving a full-tuition scholarship to the University of Akron School of Law. After clerking at an insurance defense firm and practicing there briefly after passing the bar, he joined Elk & Elk, where he now represents clients in motor vehicle accidents and dog bite cases. Matt uses his insurance-defense background to benefit plaintiffs. He has been on the Ohio Super Lawyers list since 2021 and was an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2013 to 2017. He is a member of the Ohio Bar Association and the Akron Bar Association.
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.
