( CNN ) -- The family of a 2-year-old boy who was mauled to death after falling into an exhibit of African painted dogs has reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Zoo . `` Details of the settlement will remain confidential , '' attorneys for the boy 's parents said in a joint statement released Monday with the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium . Maddox Derkosh slipped over a railing , bounced into a safety net , bounced again , and tumbled into the exhibit in November 2012 . `` The Derkosh family and the Zoo request that the privacy of all parties involved be respected , '' the statement said . At the time , zoo officials said there was little anyone could do after the boy fell . `` There were 11 dogs in the exhibit , '' zoo President Barbara Baker , a veterinarian , said after the tragic death . Although there were zoo employees within feet of the exhibit , and others rushed to the scene , it was too late -- it was clear the child was dead , Baker said . `` There was no reason to send our staff into harm 's way , '' she said . The medical examiner found that the little boy did not die from the fall , Baker said . Railings throughout the zoo are designed to make it difficult to place children on them , Baker said . They 're at a 45-degree angle so that if a child is placed on one and falls , he or she would hopefully fall backward , away from the animal enclosure , she said . Pittsburgh police said the child was with his 34-year-old mother when he fell from the top of a platform railing and `` was immediately attacked by eleven dogs inside the pen . '' Zoo spokeswoman Tracy Gray said they had no comment beyond the brief joint statement . The parents ' attorney , Robert Mongeluzzi , also declined further comment . CNN 's Josh Levs contributed to this report .
Parents of year - old boy reach settlement with Pittsburgh Zoo after child 's death . Boy was bitten to death by wild African dogs after coming into exhibit at zoo in Pittsburgh . Details of settlement are confidential , according to joint statement .