SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Opening statements began Tuesday in the trial for the wrongful death lawsuit accusing the Los Angeles Angels of being responsible for the 2019 drug overdose death of one of its star pitchers.

Lawyers for the Angels and the family of Tyler Skaggs will address the jury in the long-awaited civil trial over whether the MLB team should be held responsible after one of its employees was convicted of providing drugs that led to the pitcher's overdose on a team trip to Texas.

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