Stuart Kugler

Stuart has been representing victims of Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice for 27 years. He has handled many tragic cases involving catastrophic injuries and death, and always represents his clients with the highest level of diligence, professionalism, and compassion. 

Stuart and his partners regularly handle such cases on a contingency fee basis, which ensures that victims and their families have access to justice.

Over Stuart’s career, he is proud to have obtained many life-changing monetary awards for his Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice clients, by way of judgments and settlements out-of-court. 

Several of these judgments have advanced the law in Quebec concerning financial compensation for injured victims, and concerning obligations of safety towards sporting participants. 

Stuart has succeeded with judgments and settlements out-of-court for individuals who were injured in various sporting activities, such as snow-skiing, waterskiing, cycling, ice hockey, football, go-karting, and snowmobiling.

Stuart’s experience in Medical Malpractice is extensive. He has represented clients against doctors and hospitals in a wide variety of cases, including birth injuries, wrongful birth, surgical negligence, misdiagnosis and late treatment of medical conditions, and failure to obtain patients’ informed consent. He has lectured at medical-legal conferences and at McGill University’s Faculty of Law on the subject of Medical Malpractice.

Stuart also specializes in matters of Insurance. He regularly handles complex property insurance cases on behalf of a prominent insurance company, and he won a significant multi-million dollar judgment against a municipality for the fault of its firefighters. 

As well, Stuart frequently represents individuals in claims for disability insurance and life insurance benefits. He has also defended many claims against insurance companies, including claims of professional liability against attorneys.

Another of Stuart’s practice areas is Class Actions. He and his team members are currently representing plaintiffs in class actions relating to business interruption insurance, as well as securities. He has also represented several defendants in class actions relating to health care.

Stuart has also handled a variety of Commercial Litigation cases on behalf of individuals and companies. These cases have included contractual disputes, oppression recourses, estate disputes, and injunctions.

Stuart regularly pleads cases before the Superior Court of Quebec and the Quebec Court of Appeal, and he has pleaded in the Supreme Court of Canada. 

Stuart is married and the proud father of 2 daughters.

In 2022, Stuart was elected a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. This honor is awarded to trial lawyers in the United States and Canada who have demonstrated the highest standards of trial advocacy, ethical conduct, professionalism and collegiality. Fellowship is very exclusive, and is limited to a maximum of 1% of lawyers in any U.S. state or Canadian province. 

Stuart is also honored to have been recognized as Montreal’s “Lawyer of the Year” in Personal Injury Litigation by The Best Lawyers in Canada for 2022, 2023 and 2025.

Stuart has been consistently recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada in the fields of: Personal Injury Litigation, Health Care Law, Class Action Litigation, and Insurance Law.

Stuart has also been rated a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Canada: The Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys.

Climo v. ASN Canada FIA, 2022 QCCS 3538. [Judgment on behalf of an 18 year-old boy and his parents following a catastrophic go-karting injury. The amount claimed exceeded $26 million; the amount of the judgment is confidential.]

Neopharm Labs Inc. v. Mainville, 2024 QCCA 68, 2022 QCCS 3279. [Judgment on behalf of the Plaintiff in an Oppression Remedy claim] 

Clendenning v. Club de motoneigistes MRC Rouyn-Noranda inc., 2023 QCCS 1520. [Judgment for several million dollars against a snowmobile club, on behalf of a man and his family for catastrophic injuries suffered in a snowmobile accident]

IBS Capital v. RCGT Financement Corporatif inc., 2020 QCCA 1615. [Judgment on behalf of the Plaintiff in a contractual dispute]

Zaccardo v. Chartis Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 QCCS 398, 2016 QCCA 787. [Judgment on behalf of a young man who was rendered paralyzed during an ice hockey game after getting hit violently from behind into the boards. The amount awarded of $8 million was the largest judgment ever rendered in Canada for injuries sustained in a sporting event.]  

Laval (Ville de) v. Factory Mutual Insurance Company, 2014 QCCA 1906, 2012 QCCS 6185 [Judgment for millions of dollars against a municipal fire department for negligently fighting a fire and causing it to spread]  

Léveillé v. Avantage Link inc. (Nutri-Mer Inc. v. Avantage Link inc.), 2014 QCCS 5121 [Judgment approving settlement of $9.75 million in securities class action] 

Reliable Parts ltée v. Midbec ltée, 2014 QCCA 4, 2011 QCCS 4840 [Judgment on behalf of the Plaintiff in a contractual dispute]

Montréal (Ville de) v. Wilson Davies, 2013 QCCA 34, 2011 QCCS 4756 [Judgment against the City of Montreal on behalf of a teacher who was rendered a paraplegic when her bicycle tire got caught in negligently installed sewer grates] 

Stations de la vallée de St-Sauveur inc. v. M.A., 2010 QCCA 1509, 2008 QCCS 240 [Judgment for millions of dollars on behalf of a teenage boy and his family for catastrophic injuries suffered in a skiing accident. The Court of Appeal decision, which upheld the trial judgment, is a leading authority in Quebec on the issues of civil liability, management fees, and non-pecuniary damages]

Castor Holdings Ltd., 2009 QCCA 829, 2008 QCCS 3437 [Judgment on behalf of a bankruptcy trustee against a director of a company]

Raymond v. Goldberg, 2008 QCCS 5925 [Judgment on behalf of a homeowner, permitting him to raise the height of his Westmount home]

ABB Inc. v. Domtar Inc., 2007 SCC 50, 2005 QCCA 732, 2003 CanLII 54531 [Judgments obtained on the issue of interpretation of an insurance policy in the Superior Court of Quebec, the Quebec Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, on behalf of prominent insurance company] 

Lombard General Insurance company of Canada v. Libenstein, 2006 QCCA 664, 2004 CanLII 31661 [Judgment on behalf of an elderly man who slipped and fell in an icy parking lot that was negligently maintained]

Moumdjian v. Aubin, 2006 QCCA 1264, 2004 CanLII 11982 [Medical malpractice judgment on behalf of a patient, whose physician committed a surgical fault during back surgery]

American Home, compagnie d’assurances v. Richardson, 2005 QCCA 1038 [Judgment on behalf of a man who suffered a broken neck in a skiing accident]

Climo v. ASN Canada FIA, 2022 QCCS 3538.

Neopharm Labs Inc. v. Mainville, 2024 QCCA 68, 2022 QCCS 3279.

Clendenning v. Club de motoneigistes MRC Rouyn-Noranda inc., 2023 QCCS 1520.

IBS Capital v. RCGT Financement Corporatif inc., 2020 QCCA 1615.

Zaccardo v. Chartis Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 QCCS 398, 2016 QCCA 787.

Laval (Ville de) v. Factory Mutual Insurance Company, 2014 QCCA 1906, 2012 QCCS 6185

Léveillé v. Avantage Link inc. (Nutri-Mer Inc. v. Avantage Link inc.), 2014 QCCS 5121

Reliable Parts ltée v. Midbec ltée, 2014 QCCA 4, 2011 QCCS 4840

Montréal (Ville de) v. Wilson Davies, 2013 QCCA 34, 2011 QCCS 4756

Stations de la vallée de St-Sauveur inc. v. M.A., 2010 QCCA 1509, 2008 QCCS 240

Castor Holdings Ltd., 2009 QCCA 829, 2008 QCCS 3437

Raymond v. Goldberg, 2008 QCCS 5925

ABB Inc. v. Domtar Inc., 2007 SCC 50, 2005 QCCA 732, 2003 CanLII 54531

Lombard General Insurance company of Canada v. Libenstein, 2006 QCCA 664, 2004 CanLII 31661

Moumdjian v. Aubin, 2006 QCCA 1264, 2004 CanLII 11982

American Home, compagnie d’assurances v. Richardson, 2005 QCCA 1038