Astros Settle Case Of 2-Year-Old Struck By Foul Ball In 2019, Lawyer Says
HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - The Houston Astros have agreed to a settlement with the family of a 2-year-old girl struck by a foul ball during a June 2019 Astros game at Minute Maid Park, the family's attorney said Monday, August 16.
Then-Chicago Cubs centerfielder Albert Almora Jr., hit a fourth-inning line drive into the stands down the third base line, where it hit the young girl.
Attorney Richard Mithoff said the settlement terms with parents Jonathan David Scott and Alexandra Colchado were confidential.
The Astros organization had no comment, according to a team spokesman.
State District Judge Michael Gomez appointed an attorney Monday to make an independent review of the girl's needs and interests before the judge approves the settlement, Mithoff said.
The attorney was to present those findings in two to three weeks, Mithoff said.
The girl, who is now 4, suffered a skull fracture and brain injury and has been on anti-seizure medication since the incident, Mithoff said.
However, her doctors have been weaning her from the medication gradually, and she hasn't had a seizure in 22 months, he said.
Her prognosis has been difficult to define, he said, but her parents were hopeful about her future for a normal life.
The girl's injury was among the foul ball incidents that prompted all Major League Baseball teams to extend protective netting farther down the foul lines to protect fans.
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