Houston Astros Foul Ball Incident Reaches Settlement After Girl Suffers ‘Permanent’ Brain Injury

The Houston Astros and the family of the 2-year-old girl who was struck by a foul ball in May 2019 at Minute Maid Park have reached a settlement, according to the family's lawyer. Terms of the agreement have not been made public.

Jonathan David Scott and Alexandra Colchado had attended a game between the Astros and Chicago Cubs with their young daughter when a line-drive foul ball hit by Cubs center fielder Albert Almora Jr. along the third-base line struck the girl.

The child suffered a skull fracture and a permanent brain injury. Since the incident, the girl has also been treated for seizures.

A petition filed on Thursday by Richard Mithoff, the attorney for Scott and Colchado, stated “acts and omissions constituting negligence” resulted in their daughter’s “injuries and damages.”

Mithoff revealed the couple waited two years to sue the Astros to learn more about the longtime medical issues that may result from the injury.

“It was a serious injury, a permanent injury to that part of the brain,” Mithoff told ABC News. “The primary focus has been on seizures.”

Mithoff went on to reveal the girl has been on the mend since receiving necessary medical treatment for her injury.

“She’s doing pretty well. Her anti-seizure medication has been gradually reduced over the last two years and so she has been seizure-free for 22 months,” he said in a statement to the Houston Chronicle.

“We anticipate she will continue to improve and they can continue to reduce the anti-seizure medications. She seems to be doing well. The family is obviously very hopeful about the future.”