Tyler Skaggs wrongful death trial ends as family reaches settlement with Angels
- - Tyler Skaggs wrongful death trial ends as family reaches settlement with Angels
Sean Leahy December 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Tyler Skaggs died in his hotel room during a 2019 road trip with the Angels. He was 27 years old. (Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images) (John McCoy via Getty Images)
A settlement has been reached in the Tyler Skaggs wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Angels, according to The Athletic's Sam Blum.
The trial lasted three months, and jury deliberations began Monday.
Settlement terms have not been made public. The Skaggs family was seeking $118 million in potential lost earnings plus added damages. After the settlement, the jury foreman said the jury had agreed to award Skaggs’ family around $100 million before they were told to stop deliberating, according to the LA Times.
"The Skaggs family has reached a confidential settlement with Angels Baseball that brings to a close a difficult six-year process, allowing our families to focus on healing," the family said in a statement. "We are deeply grateful to the members of this jury, and to our legal team. Their engagement and focus gave us faith, and now we have finality. This trial exposed the truth and we hope Major League Baseball will now do its part in holding the Angels accountable. While nothing can bring Tyler back, we will continue to honor his memory."
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Here’s what the Angels said about the trial. pic.twitter.com/bFhKjXzZN0
— Sam Blum (@SamBlum3) December 19, 2025
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 and 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 the Angels 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 for the Angels coming at some point in the future.
Source: “AOL Sports”
