SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- Jurors in the Tyler Skaggs wrongful death civil trial listened to opening statements Tuesday and will have to decide if the Los Angeles Angels team is responsible for the pitcher's overdose death while on a road trip to Texas in 2019.

Attorneys for the widow and parents of Skaggs told jurors that for years, Angels executives ignored obvious signs of drug abuse by Eric Kay, the team's communications director, until he provided a fatal dose of fentanyl to the 27-year-old Skaggs.

"They buried their heads in the sand over and over and over again, and as a result, Tyler Skaggs is dead," attorney Shawn Holley told jurors. "Eric regularly supplied the drugs they needed to perform, and they trusted him. It was rampant, out of control and incredibly dangerous."

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