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.

After four years of litigation, the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of deceased pitcher Tyler Skaggs against the Angels will be decided at trial.

A jury will ultimately have to decide whether the ball club knew, or should have known, about Skaggs’ drug use prior to his death.

SANTA ANA — An Orange County Superior Court judge Monday ruled that attorneys for the Angels will be limited in their attempts to blame others than a former public relations director for the death of ...