Attorneys with a Coral Gables law firm netted a nearly $5 million verdict for the surviving children of a woman who was shot outside of a Fort Pierce nightclub.

Michael Haggard and Christopher Marlowe with the Haggard Law Firm represented Teaira Nicole Reed in her legal action against the Pride of St. Lucie Lodge 1189 Inc. According to the lawsuit filed in St. Lucie Circuit Court, the defendant operated as a late-night hot spot called the Elks Lodge on weekends, while purporting to act as a benevolent association. Reed’s August 2016 complaint accused the lodge of negligent security on its premises and being vicariously liable for the wrongful death of her mother Tanya Renee Oliver.