10 h. ago MLB star Mike Trout testifies in lawsuit over overdose death of teammate Tyler Skaggs

Angels star addresses friendship with Tyler SkaggsFamily suing team for $118m over death of pitcherLos Angeles Angels star Mike Trout testified Tuesday that he loved his teammate Tyler Skaggs like a brother and did not see any signs of drug use before the pitcher died of an overdose in 2019.Trout, one of the greatest baseball players of his generation, took the stand in a civil trial in California over whether the Angels should be held responsible for their former communications director, Eric Kay, giving Skaggs a fentanyl-laced pill that led to his death. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Angels outfielder Mike Trout expected to testify in pitcher's wrongful death trial

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout is expected to testify Tuesday in a trial over whether the MLB team should be held responsible for the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

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44 h. ago New York Yankees pay tribute to Jesus Montero after MLB star dies in motorcycle crash aged 35

Jesús Montero died from severe injuries from a motorcycle crash

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7 d. ago Opening statements expected in trial over LA Angels' alleged role in pitcher Skaggs' overdose death

Opening statements are expected soon in the trial for the wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Angels

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1 week ago My daughter died of a ketamine overdose at just 21... but this is why I now want this terrible drug legalised

In 2011, at just 21, Vicky Unwin's daughter drowned in the bath after taking an unintentional overdose of ketamine. Her death devastated their family.

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2 w. ago Trial underway over Angels' alleged role in baseball pitcher Tyler Skaggs' overdose death

The Los Angeles Angels are facing a court trial over whether the team is responsible for the drug overdose death of one of its star pitchers

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3 w. ago Son’s overdose death leads California family to warn about new opioid 40 times stronger than fentanyl with cases spiking across the country

‘He was lifeless in his car,’ Cindy Jacquet said of her son Bryce. ‘Maybe I could’ve saved him if I knew’

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3 w. ago Teen opioid addictions often untreated as youth overdose deaths rapidly rise in US – study

Drug overdoses are now a leading causes of death among US teens as fentanyl possibly drives surge, researchers warnFewer than one in three teenagers with opioid use disorder receive treatment, according to a study published in this month’s Health Affairs journal that looked at the disorder in minors from 2022 to 2023.In 2023, 557 teens died of opioid overdose, nearly threefold as many as in 2018, while adult opioid deaths only went up by 65% during this time, according to the study. Drug overdoses are now among the leading causes of death for US teenagers. Continue reading...

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