The family of a teen critically injured when another teen , Ethan Couch , drove drunk last year has reached a settlement of more than $ 2 million . The case made national headlines after a witness claimed Couch was a victim of `` affluenza '' -- the product of wealthy , privileged parents who never set limits for the Texas boy . For the crimes of driving drunk and causing a crash -- which killed four people and critically injured two -- Couch received no jail time . He was ordered to go to a lockdown treatment facility and sentenced to 10 years ' probation . The settlement , reached this month , involves the case of Sergio Molina , who was riding in the back of Couch 's truck the night of the accident . He suffered a brain injury and can no longer speak , or move . He is considered minimally responsive . `` They told us that , basically , that 's as much as he 's going to rehabilitate , '' Sergio 's brother , Alex Lemus , told CNN last year . In the six months since the accident , which took place in June , Lemus said medical bills had already topped $ 1 million . The family filed the lawsuit against the Couch family and the father 's company because Ethan was driving a company-owned truck . The settlement includes a cash sum of more than $ 1 million , plus periodic payments , according to documents from the 96th District Court in Tarrant County . Most of the payment will be made by a liability insurer . An attorney for the Molina family declined to comment . Earlier this year , a lawyer representing Couch , who was 16 at the time of the wreck last June , lashed out at the news media for their focus on the use of `` affluenza '' to describe the boy 's privileged upbringing . Of the two experts who testified in defense of the boy , only one used the word and he used it just once , attorney Reagan Wynn told CNN 's `` New Day . '' `` That term was not used by either of the lawyers that represented Mr. Couch , and it was not our defense , simply put , '' said Wynn . Last June , Hollie Boyles , and daughter , Shelby , left their home to help Breanna Mitchell , whose SUV had broken down . Brian Jennings , a youth pastor , was driving past and also stopped to help . All four were killed when Couch 's pickup truck plowed into the pedestrians on a road in Burleson , south of Fort Worth . The vehicle also struck a parked car , which then slid into another vehicle headed in the opposite direction . Two people riding in the bed of the pickup , including Sergio Molina , were injured . According to prosecutors , three hours after the crash , tests showed Ethan had a blood alcohol content of 0.24 , three times the legal limit . Lawyer blasts media for 'affluenza ' focus .
A teenager drove drunk and killed four people , injured two . Settlement involves Sergio Molina , one of those injured . It includes a cash sum plus periodic payments .