In less than two weeks, a Fort Lauderdale attorney will recover $2 million in a settlement for people and businesses that were victims of a gas explosion at a Plantation shopping center.

Sam Coffey, a partner at Coffey Trial Law in Fort Lauderdale who represents nearly 30 of the 50 businesses and victims, said the $2 million settlement proposal made by Scottsdale Insurance Co. is just the tip of the iceberg in his larger, evolving litigation strategy.