About R. Craig McLaughlin
R. Craig McLaughlin joined Elk & Elk in 2005 and became a partner in 2019. He represents people seriously injured or killed in car wrecks, medical negligence, defective product cases, and workplace safety violations, serving as lead attorney in more than 40 jury trials. Craig holds the highest AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell rating and has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer since 2009. He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar and Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He obtained one of the highest personal injury verdicts in Clermont County history in a truck crash case.
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.
