A little-known law was key to South Florida attorneys obtaining a multimillion-dollar settlement for the estate of a 7-year-old hit by a vehicle when she was leaving her elementary school.

Attorneys Michael Haggard and Kimberly Wald of the Haggard Law Firm and solo practitioner Robert Fiore represented the plaintiff, the estate of Sophia Gutierrez, against the defendant, Kemp Group International Corp., whom the City of Pembroke Pines contracted to provide crossing guards to assist students and families at a busy intersection near Lakeside Elementary.