
Similar personal injury attorneys in Coral Gables
About Stuart Grossman
Stuart Grossman is recognized as one of America's preeminent trial lawyers, concentrating on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death, products liability, aviation accidents, and professional negligence including medical, legal, accounting, and engineering malpractice. His career is distinguished by verdicts among the largest awarded by Florida juries. Stuart was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the American Board of Trial Advocates of Florida, received the Academy of Trial Lawyers' Crystal Eagle Award, and was inducted into the Academy's Hall of Fame.
Lawdragon named him as one of America's 500 leading attorneys in all fields, and Florida Trend Magazine and Florida Super Lawyers have both named him as one of the state's top 10 trial lawyers. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and was elected to the Iron Arrow, the University of Miami's highest honorary society. Stuart is an author and lecturer actively involved in malpractice and accident prevention, and his writings appear in major medical publications.
Proven verdicts and settlements
Rachel Furst of Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen served as co-chair of the plaintiffs' team that secured a $1.2 billion settlement for the families of 98 people killed when Champlain Towers South collapsed in Surfside, Florida -- the largest construction-disaster settlement in U.S. history.
Stuart Grossman, Neal Roth, and Alex Arteaga-Gomez of Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen represented families in the $127.5 million federal settlement arising from the FBI's failure to follow up on a tip warning that Nikolas Cruz was planning a school shooting five weeks before the February 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas massacre.
Stuart Grossman and Seth Miles won an $80 million federal default judgment for three Cuban nationals who were trafficked to Curaçao and compelled to work 16-hour shifts repairing ships for a fraction of a cent per hour under the Alien Tort Claims Act.
Stuart Grossman and Andrew Yaffa secured a $37.37 million wrongful-death verdict against Florida Power and Light after a utility crew deactivated a traffic signal without notifying police, causing a fatal multi-vehicle collision that killed a 12-year-old girl.
Stuart Grossman secured a $10.75 million settlement for Bernard Barlow, a Massachusetts vacationer who broke his neck diving from the Galleon Resort's tiki bar deck in April 2015 after the tide receded and the resort posted no warnings.
Stuart Grossman secured a $7.5 million settlement plus $1,000 per day in lifetime care costs for Antonio Edwards, a 24-year-old left permanently brain-damaged after a Miami officer applied a chokehold and slammed him into the pavement during a 1992 arrest, prompting the city to ban the technique.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.


















