Kansas City, Mo. ? Kansas City Power & Light Co., its parent company and a parts supplier paid $12 million to settle a lawsuit by a woman who was nearly killed by a downed power line.

Melanie Monroe, who lost an arm and leg when the line fell on her after a massive ice storm last year, grinned weakly as she left the Jackson County courtroom.

“It was a godsend,” Monroe said. “But I’d give it all back if I could have my arm and leg back.”

Monroe sued Kansas City Power & Light, Great Plains Energy Inc., and parts supplier Hubbell Power Systems Inc. after being injured Feb. 2, 2002. She and her family were loading laundry into her car when a power line snapped and fell on Monroe, her husband and her two children.

The line burned Monroe over half her body, and doctors had to amputate her right arm and leg to save her life. The other family members suffered electrical shocks, but not as severely.

On Friday, the three companies paid the settlement, with $11.5 million going to Melanie Monroe, $400,000 to her husband and $50,000 to each of her two children, ages 10 and 3.

The companies assumed no liability in the settlement.