CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The city of Cleveland's $6 million payout to Tamir Rice's family is likely the largest settlement the city has ever reached in a police-shooting case, and is among the largest figures levied against the city for accusations of officer misconduct.

The amount is in line with similar settlements reached in the past year with departments across the country. But the amount is staggering when considering the fact that the city of Cleveland paid $10.5 million to settle other police-misconduct cases between 2004 and 2014.

Subodh Chandra, an attorney representing the Rice family, said he thinks the settlement is the largest among such cases in Cleveland's history.

Chandra, who once served as the city's law director, said that fact "speaks volumes of both the city's exposure and the officers' exposure in this matter."

Tamir, 12, was shot by officer Timothy Loehmann outside Cudell Recreation Center in November 2014. Neither he nor his partner, Frank Garmback, were criminally charged.

Mayor Frank Jackson, in a news conference held Monday afternoon, said that the settlement, nor the case as a whole, is an easy one to deal with.

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An attorney the city hired to represent Loehmann and Garmback said that both officers maintain that they believe their actions were "legally reasonable," but that they "recognize the value of early legal resolution to allow some healing to begin."

Before Monday, the largest settlement was reached in 2014, when the city agreed to pay $3 million to the families and attorneys of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams. Both died in a hail of gunfire following a 22-mile police chase in November 2012.

The city has historically settled lawsuits brought by those who accused the police of using too much force. Some settlements have reached six figures, though many were for much smaller amounts.

There have been larger judgments in misconduct cases, though.

A federal jury in 2013 awarded $13.2 million to David Ayers, a former housing authority security officer who spent 11 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. In that case, a jury found that two detectives fabricated or withheld evidence at his 2000 trial.

And other judgments have approached that amount. A jury in September awarded a Euclid family $5.5 million over the police shooting death of Kenny Smith in downtown Cleveland in 2012. A federal judge later reduced the amount to $4 million.

A statement issued by the Rice family's attorneys said the settlement was "historic in financial terms."

Per the settlement, Tamir Rice's estate will receive $5.5 million, Samaria Rice, the boy's mother, and his sister Tajai Rice will each receive $250,000. Neither the city nor the officers or dispatchers involved will admit to any wrongdoing. The city will pay $3 million this year and $3 million in 2017.

The settlement must be approved by a Cuyahoga County Probate Court judge before it is final.

The city has two lawsuits pending against it stemming from the deaths of Tanisha Anderson and Brandon Jones. Both were high-profile cases that involved accusations of excessive use of force.

Reporter Leila Atassi contributed to this story.

Updated with a comment from Mayor Frank Jackson.

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