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FILE - In this June 29, 2019, file photo, Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws to an Oakland Athletics batter during a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Angels and Tyler Skaggs’ family discuss settlement after trial about his fatal overdose, source says

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 team was responsible for his fatal drug overdose. That’s according to a source with knowledge of the case who was not authorized to discuss deliberations publicly. Jurors began deliberating earlier this week after the two-month trial. Skaggs died after he snorted a fentanyl-laced pill provided by the team’s communications director, Eric Kay. Skaggs’ family filed the lawsuit. The team says officials would have sought help for Skaggs if it had known.

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