About Eric Shane

Eric Shane is a trial attorney whose practice focuses on individuals who have suffered severe or catastrophic injuries in premises liability, negligent security, automobile and trucking accidents, and maritime cases including cruise ship negligence and personal watercraft accidents. He earned his J.D. cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was elected Articles and Comments Editor of the University of Miami Business Law Review. He graduated from Florida State University before attending law school. His high-profile cases have led to appearances on ABC's 20/20 and ABC News with Diane Sawyer. He is admitted to practice in Florida state courts and the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Leesfield & Partners

These results are credited to Leesfield & Partners. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$95 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2022 · #15

A Miami-Dade jury returned a $95 million verdict, among the largest motor-vehicle awards in the history of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, for the family of a young woman killed and her brother catastrophically injured when a drunk driver traveled the wrong way on I-95 in December 2015 after being overserved at a Miami bar.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court, 11th Judicial Circuit · 2022Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$24.1 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2005 · #6

A Seminole County jury awarded $24.1 million, the largest verdict in county history at the time, after an obstetrician's prolonged vacuum extraction and use of fundal pressure caused a uterine rupture that deprived a newborn girl of oxygen and left her with severe cerebral palsy.

Seminole County Circuit Court, Florida · 2005Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$16 millionSettlement

Justin Shapiro of Leesfield and Partners secured a $16 million settlement for a 67-year-old woman who was beaten and sexually assaulted in the open hallway of a northwest Miami-Dade Rodeway Inn while hotel employees and the property's security guard stood by and did nothing.

Miami-Dade County · 2022Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$15.4 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2011 · #15

A Broward County jury awarded $15.4 million to Dwight Grant, a 22-year-old backseat passenger who suffered skull fractures and permanent frontal-lobe brain damage when a drunk driver with a BAC of .21 rear-ended the stopped car at a drawbridge in Pompano Beach.

Broward County Circuit Court, Florida · 2011Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$6 millionSettlement

Justin Shapiro of Leesfield and Partners secured a $6 million policy-limits settlement for a client who suffered multiple skull fractures and brain hemorrhages after being struck in a crosswalk, completing the resolution during the Florida COVID-19 shutdown of 2020.

Florida · 2020Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Miami School of Law
J.D. (cum laude)
Florida State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida

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$56 million · Billion-Dollar Tobacco Verdict Upheld at $56 Million After SJC Review
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~$24.8 million · $37.5 Million Verdict for Miami Lawyer Who Lost His Tongue to Tobacco Cancer
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
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$43 Million Broward Verdict for Couple Left in Comas by Drunk Driver
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
$3 Million Verdict for Handyman Who Lost Use of Dominant Hand After Tripping Over Hidden Wire Mesh

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.