The sheriff’s deputy who was partially paralyzed following a 2016 elevator malfunction at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia has agreed to settle his claims against numerous companies for $20.5 million.

Paul Owens, who was paralyzed from the waist down after the elevator he was in sped up through the CJC before crashing into the ceiling, agreed to settle his claims against the companies late Thursday following a mediation before Jerry Roscoe, according to his attorney, Michael Tinari of Leonard, Sciolla, Hutchison, Leonard & Tinari.