US EditionTyler Skaggs wrongful death trial ends as Angels agree to settlement with family
The settlement ends more than six years of litigation over the 2019 death of Tyler Skaggs, whose family sought $118 million in damages from the Angels.
- On Dec. 19, Skaggs' family and the Los Angeles Angels reached a settlement, ending a three-month trial and over six years of litigation.
- The suit focused on whether the Los Angeles Angels knew or should have known that former communications director Eric Kay distributed unprescribed opioids to Skaggs, while the 12-person jury asked about punitive damages and future-earnings testimony on Dec. 17.
- An autopsy found fentanyl, oxycodone, and alcohol in Tyler Skaggs' system after his July 1, 2019 death, and Eric Kay was convicted and sentenced to 22 years; the family sought $118 million in damages.
- Orange County Superior Court Judge H. Shaina Colover announced the undisclosed settlement and ordered the jury to end deliberations, dismissing jurors shortly after the agreement Friday.
- For professional sports, Major League Baseball and the players' association implemented opioid testing and mandatory treatment referrals, highlighting legal risks for teams around player health and oversight.
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Tyler Skaggs jury considering $75 million to $115 million verdict before Angels settled with family
A jury was on track to find the Angels liable for tens of millions of dollars in the death of Tyler Skaggs — with one saying that “everyone” had failed the pitcher — before a settlement ended their deliberations. The jurors had begun placing the blame for Skaggs’ 2019 death among multiple parties — the employee who gave him illicit drugs, the ball club, the pitcher’s family, and Skaggs himself — before learning the case was going to be taken out…
Los Angeles Angelinos settled a lawsuit on Friday for the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.
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Angels settle wrongful death lawsuit with Tyler Skaggs’ family
More than six years after the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, the Los Angeles Angels reached a settlement Friday of the wrongful death lawsuit brought against them by his family.
Angels and Tyler Skaggs’ family discuss settlement after trial about his fatal overdose, source says
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Lawyers for the Los Angeles Angels were discussing a possible settlement Friday with the family of pitcher Tyler Skaggs following a trial over whether the
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