SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A wrongful-death lawsuit that accuses the Los Angeles Angels of being responsible for the 2019 drug overdose death of one of its star pitchers began Monday.

Jury selection was underway in the long-awaited civil trial over whether the Major League Baseball team is responsible after one of its employees was convicted of providing drugs that led to the fatal overdose of pitcher Tyler Skaggs on a team trip to Texas.

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