On Wednesday, toy manufacturer Mega Brands agreed to a $13.5 million settlement, but did not admit any wrongdoing.

The settlement not only includes the case of Kenny Sweet from Redmond, but more than a dozen other children in eight other states.

As KOMO 4 News has been reporting since last November, children from all over the country have swallowed magnets and ended up in the emergency room. According to their parents, many of those kids were near death.

The case unfolded last year when we first told you about Kenny Sweet. The 22-month-old died on Thanksgiving Day.

He was playing with a set of Magnetix toys, a building set of plastic pieces with magnets encased inside.

In each case, the magnets fell out of the toy and the children swallowed them.

The medical examiner said that the magnets killed Kenny when they pinched his small intestine shut and then wore a hole in the intestine wall, leaking deadly bacteria into his blood stream.

"I still walk by his picture everyday and even though I think it's weird I kiss his picture and tell him I love him," said the boy's father, Ken Sweet.

Magnetix's parent company, Mega Brands, says it regrets what happened, and has not only settled these cases, but has taken proactive measures to ensure the safety of its products.

Seattle attorney Sim Osborn represented all 14 families -- three of them from our state.

Osborn said he could not release any details of the settlement, but Mega Brands told us the settlement totals $13.5 million to the 15 families.

Ken and Penny Sweet said it was never about the money. "It's been the hardest year of my life, the fact is we would much rather have our son, there's nothing that could ever replace him," said Ken.

They said they are finally at peace, having taken on a toy giant and won. "I feel a sense of relief, I'm at peace with everything," said Penny.

In a written statement, Mega Brands said, "we deeply regret these events and have taken pro-active measures to ensure the safety of our products."

Penny says it doesn't matter that the settlement includes no admission of liability.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said in March the problem was that the magnets easily fall out of the plastic building parts. The CPSC is still investigating Mega Brands and its toy Magnetix.

At last count, they said there were more than 30 incidents involving children and Magnetix nationwide.