Family sues LA Angels after stray baseball fractured boy’s skull

The family of a boy who suffered a fractured skull and brain damage after being hit with a baseball during the warmup for a Los Angeles Angels game has sued the Angels, claiming negligence on the team’s part.

In 2019, Bryson Galaz, who was then six years old, was walking with his father in the first row of Angel Stadium, where players were mingling with fans more than an hour and half prior to the game, the lawsuit said. Bryson was struck on the side of his head when Keynan Middleton, an Angels pitcher who was warming up on the field, threw a ball at a teammate who missed the catch.

According to Kyle Scott, the family’s lawyer, Bryson was transported immediately to the emergency room in critical condition. He was then transferred to a children’s hospital for monitoring for two and a half days.

According to his family, Bryson has since had trouble paying attention in school and struggles with social interaction. Additionally, medical exams have revealed abnormal brain activity, which raises concerns about his longer-term development, especially as school subjects become more complex, said Scott.

“For three days, we didn’t know if my son was going to live or die,” Bryson’s mother, Beatrice Galaz, said in a statement.

“We’re grateful that he pulled through, but since that day he has struggled in school,” she said. “He’s simply not the same.”

In the lawsuit, which was filed this month in Orange county superior court, the family claims the team should have more netting along the sides of the field and that players should not throw balls during warmup sessions in areas where fans could be hit, especially when the team is encouraging fans to arrive early to meet with players.

Scott told the Los Angeles Times that the Angels