US EditionLawyer argues “systematic breakdown” led to Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs’ drug overdose death
Closing arguments focus on the Angels' alleged failure to address drug distribution by communications director Eric Kay, linked to seven players including Tyler Skaggs.
- Closing arguments began in a trial over whether the Los Angeles Angels should be held responsible for pitcher Tyler Skaggs' fatal drug overdose after an employee gave him fentanyl-laced pills.
- The trial includes testimonies from Angels players and staff, as well as Skaggs' family, who filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the team.
- Skaggs, 27, died in 2019 after ingesting counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl provided by Angels employee Eric Kay, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
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San Bernardino Sun
Attorneys argue over whether Eric Kay or Tyler Skaggs himself was responsible for the Angels pitchers’ shocking death
A secret drug addict who took advantage of an Angels employee and introduced other players to opioids, or the victim of an unscrupulous ball club staffer who failed to mention the danger of the street drugs he was providing — jurors will have to grapple with sharply opposing portraits of Tyler Skaggs as they will soon decide whether the Angels bear any responsibility for the pitcher’s shocking 2019 death. After two months of testimony and more t…
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Closing arguments underway in trial over Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs' drug overdose death
Closing arguments began Monday in a civil trial over whether the Los Angeles Angels should be held responsible for the fatal drug overdose of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.
Closing Arguments Conclude in Civil Trial Over Tyler Skaggs' Death
Jurors heard closing arguments Monday in a civil trial considering whether the Los Angeles Angels bear responsibility for the 2019 overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. The proceedings, which lasted two months, centered on allegations that the organization and its employees failed to intervene despite signs of potential drug-related issues. Skaggs, 27, was found dead […] The post Closing Arguments Conclude in Civil Trial Over Tyler Skaggs’ Dea…
Four years after the family of the late Angelino pitcher, Tyler Skaggs, filed a death suit for negligence against the Angelinos, and two months after a often controversial testimony in a courtroom at Orange County High Court, the jurors are ready to start debating whether Skaggs’ widow and parents deserve hundreds of millions of dollars. During Monday’s final statements, plaintiffs’ lawyer Daniel Dutko argued that the Angelinos were negligent in…
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