FORT WORTH — The last civil suit spurred from Ethan Couch's fatal drunk driving crash quietly settled Friday.
Luke McConnell's parents walked into a Fort Worth court to tell a judge it's over. Ethan Couch's family and their company's insurance settled with the family.
McConnell was just 13 when a drunken 16-year-old Ethan Couch plowed into a group of good Samaritans at an accident scene.
McConnell wasn't critically hurt, but his youth pastor and Godfather Brian Jennings was among four people killed. According to court records, McConnell will receive $60,000 to be paid out in yearly installments for college. It's not a lot of money, but it was never about money. The McConnell family could have settled long ago, but held out for a trial.
"It's about protecting the child's interest, and the parents were very selfless," said attorney ad litem Tom Hall, who was appointed to represent McConnell's interests. "They gave everything to the child."
The McConnells' lawyers even donated much of their time.
But before they settled, they got videotaped depositions from the Couch family and psychologist Dick Miller, who coined the "affluenza" phrase.
The ABC news magazine 20/20 will air the depositions next Friday.
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As for Couch, he remains on juvenile probation, but could be transferred to adult probation within months. That could potentially expose him to the threat of adult prison if he violates terms of his probation.
McConnnell's parents testified Friday that he's doing great in school.
"Lucas is making a strong recovery, and I'm happy he's doing well as he is overcoming this terrible tragedy," Hall said.
The civil case was originally scheduled for trial in late October. It would have forced McConnell to relive the crash in court. He recently turned 15.
