Tyler Skaggs’ family, Angels reach settlement in wrongful death case

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Tyler Skaggs’ household and the Angels reached a settlement on Friday following a years-long combat over who was at fault for the previous pitcher’s tragic loss of life.

The 2 sides struck a deal simply as a jury was ending up deliberations within the wrongful loss of life case.

The phrases of the settlement weren't disclosed, although The Athletic’s Sam Blum reported there was “emotion within the courtroom because the plaintiffs” signed the pact in Santa Ana, Calif.

Skaggs’ household filed their lawsuit towards the Angels in 2021, roughly two years after the previous first-round decide died on the age of 27 from an unintended overdose in a lodge room in Southlake, Texas whereas he and the Angels had been on the town to play the Rangers.

Lawyer Russell Hardin Jr. hugs Tyler Skaggs’ widow, Carli Skaggs, middle, as Skaggs’ mom’s Debbie smiles, at left, after a settlement was reached within the wrongful loss of life lawsuit by the household of the Los Angeles Angels pitcher Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Orange County Superior Court docket, in Santa Ana, Calif. AP

Skaggs’ household had argued Eric Kay — the previous Angels worker who was sentenced to over twenty years in federal jail for his position in Skaggs’ loss of life — supplied a tainted capsule to Skaggs that brought on the tragedy.

Angels attorneys, although, claimed Kay acted on his personal, and the crew was at the hours of darkness about his actions.

Skaggs’ household sought over $100 million in damages, and a trial within the case started some three months in the past.

On this June 29, 2019, file photograph, Los Angeles Angels beginning pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws to an Oakland Athletics batter throughout a baseball recreation in Anaheim, Calif. AP

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A number of high-profile MLB gamers, together with Mike Trout, supplied courtroom testimony. At instances, attorneys known as to the stand baseball wage consultants, who stated Skaggs’ misplaced profession pay might have reached the $100-million-plus mark.

Friday’s settlement got here after jurors “despatched queries that steered the decision would possibly go within the household’s favor,” ESPN reported.

Los Angeles Angels lawyer Todd Theodora provides his closing arguments within the wrongful loss of life lawsuit by the household of pitcher Tyler Skaggs towards the Angels in Orange County Superior Court docket, in Santa Ana, Calif., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. AP