Michael Haggard and Christopher Marlowe of The Haggard Law Firm in Coral Gables negotiated a $2 million settlement with the owners of a Pensacola housing complex after a 12-year-old resident was abducted and murdered — allegedly by a frequent guest who was a convicted sex offender.

While most negligent security cases involve a string of prior robberies or other crimes at the complex in question, this one was different.