Tyler Skaggs was 27 years old when he died in his hotel room during a 2019 road trip
A settlement has been reached in the Tyler Skaggs wrongful death lawsuit against Los Angeles Angels, according to The Athletic's Sam Blum.
The trial lasted three months and jury deliberations began on Monday.
Settlement terms have not been made public. The Skaggs family was seeking $118 million in potential lost earnings plus added damages.
Skaggs died in his hotel room while on a road trip with the team in 2019. He was 27. Toxicology reports later revealed Skaggs died due to a combination of "alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone intoxication with terminal aspiration of gastric contents."
It was later revealed that Skaggs was receiving pills from Eric Kay, then the team’s communications director. Kay was found guilty of distributing pills laced with fentanyl to Skaggs. Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for his actions.
In 2021, Skaggs wife, mother and stepfather filed a wrongful death civil suit against the team, contending it should have known Kay was distributing pills to Skaggs.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in November that the league will review testimony from the trial with possible punishment coming for the Angels at some point in the future.
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