An attorney for the Los Angeles Dodgers LLC says the team is close to a settlement with a woman who sued for injuries suffered when she was struck by a foul ball hit by former Dodger Manny Machado during a 2018 game.

The lawyer’s announcement came during a final status conference Tuesday before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Jaskol, who put the proceedings over to Aug. 4 to give the Dodgers and 56-year-old plaintiff Lauren Magnanimo time to attend mediation in the interim.

In their previous court papers, Dodgers attorneys have denied any wrongdoing on the team’s part and say Magnanimo “assumed the risk of getting struck by a baseball while being on the premises of a baseball stadium.”

According to the plaintiff’s suit originally filed in September 2020 and amended in June 2022, Magnanimo was seated to the right of home plate during a Sept. 1, 2018, game at Dodger Stadium when a foul ball by Machado, then a member of the Dodgers, traveled over the protective netting and hit her left eye, causing fractures, negative changes to her eye and face as well as facial numbness and scarring.

“The ball came so fast and hard that no one around plaintiff attempted to catch the ball; no one, including plaintiff, had time to react,” the suit states.

Magnanimo was taken to the team’s first-aid area, then by ambulance to Los Angeles General Medical Center for treatment, the suit states.

Dodger Stadium presented risks to spectators beyond those inherent in the sport of baseball by failing to add sufficient protective netting, and Magnanimo believes the team knows that baseballs used by Major League Baseball are harder and are being hit into the crowd with greater frequency, the suit states.

“Accordingly, defendants knew fans cannot be expected to fend for themselves when a 90 mph foul ball is headed straight for their head,” the suit states.

“Compounding to the problem, Dodger Stadium uses jumbotrons and wireless internet, creating all kinds of distractions,” according to the suit, which further states that fans are distracted by loud music, exploding scoreboards and mobile phones.

Machado signed a 10-year contract with the San Diego Padres in February 2019.