ST. LOUIS (AP) — A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Kansas boy who fractured his skull at the City Museum in St. Louis has been settled just before a scheduled weeklong trial.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the settlement was reached Monday, the day the trial was to begin. Terms were confidential.

The family of Gavin Kirk of Lawrence, Kan., filed suit after the boy fell 13 feet at the outdoor gym of the eclectic museum in 2006. Gavin was 10 at the time and was hospitalized for four days. The family says MRIs showed brain damage.

Neither side commented. Previously, museum co-founder Robert Cassilly maintained the museum is no more dangerous than a playground. But the attorney for the family had said the museum should have taken better steps to protect visitors.

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