"The Los Angeles Angels agreed Friday to a last-minute settlement with the family of deceased pitcher Tyler Skaggs after jurors, deliberating for more than two days, sent queries that suggested the verdict might go in the family's favor. The amount and terms of the settlement-- ending a yearslong battle over culpability in Skaggs' death --were not immediately disclosed. The Skaggs family had been seeking $118 million in potential lost earnings plus added damages."
"Skaggs' family sued the Angels after Tyler Skaggs died in 2019 after an Angels employee, Eric Kay, gave him a fentanyl-laced pill that killed him. Kay is serving a 22-year federal prison sentence for his role in Skaggs' death. If Kay hadn't provided that pill, jurors were instructed, Skaggs would not have died that night."
"Jurors sat through 31 days of courtroom drama, which included testimony and depositions from 44 witnesses and arguments from attorneys. They viewed 312 exhibits. The jury instructions required answers of up to 26 questions that varied from easy-to-answer stipulations of fact to more complicated assessments of negligence or culpability."
The Los Angeles Angels reached a last-minute, undisclosed settlement with the family of pitcher Tyler Skaggs while jurors deliberated in a wrongful-death case. The family had sought $118 million in potential lost earnings plus additional damages. Skaggs died in 2019 after an Angels employee, Eric Kay, gave him a fentanyl-laced pill; Kay is serving a 22-year federal prison sentence. Jurors heard wage experts testify lost career earnings ranged from $21 million to nearly $125 million. The trial lasted 31 days, included testimony from 44 witnesses and 312 exhibits, and involved complex jury questions about negligence and punitive damages.
Read at ESPN.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]