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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge issued a tentative ruling Friday against granting a new trial in a negligence case filed by the mother of Michael Jackson claiming a concert promoter was financially liable for the singer’s death. Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos did not immediately finalize the ruling after hearing more than two hours […]

The death of Michael Jackson is still having a negative effect on the people who were involved with him both professionally and personally. After a…

The death of Michael Jackson is still having a negative effect on the people who were involved with him both professionally and personally. After a…

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Michael Jackson’s family filed paperwork this week – following through on a promise to appeal a jury verdict that ruled AEG had zero part in the singer’s 2009 death. According to Rolling Stone, attorneys for Katherine Jackson and Jackson’s three children filed paperwork Monday (Dec. 2) that claims misconduct in the trial’s jury and insufficient […]

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As TMZ put it, Jermaine Jackson may have put the cart before the Ferrari … er … horse, that is. In other words, he went out and purchased the ultra-expensive carriage while the jury was deciding whether to give his family as much as $40 billion. Jermaine went to Calabasas Luxury Motorcars Monday to pick […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury’s rejection of a long-running lawsuit by Michael Jackson’s mother against the promoter of his ill-fated comeback concerts could finally allow Jackson to disappear from a forum he has dominated for years — the courtroom. For five months, jurors were given an intimate look at Jackson’s life, his drive to […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury reached a verdict of not negligent on Wednesday in a case claiming the promoter of Michael Jackson‘s comeback concert was negligent in hiring the doctor who killed him. The panel of six men and six women began deliberating on Sept. 26, more than five months after the start of […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a bitterly fought five-month trial, a negligence lawsuit by Michael Jackson’s mother against his concert promoter was placed in the hands of a jury Thursday after a final plea by a Jackson lawyer to punish the company he portrayed as a heartless, money-making machine. Attorney Brian Panish, who represents Katherine […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the producer of Michael Jackson‘s “This Is It” concerts has told a Los Angeles jury Jackson died because of his own bad choices, not because of anything AEG Live did. Attorney Marvin Putnam began delivering his final argument Wednesday in the negligence suit by Jackson’s family. He said […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for concert promoter AEG Live LLC rested their defense Wednesday with testimony from a longtime friend and doctor of Michael Jackson in the negligence case filed by Jackson’s mother over his death. The trial is in its 21st week and jurors are expected to begin deliberations next week. Defense attorneys […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed two executives from a negligence lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson‘s mother and allowed the case to proceed against AEG Live LLC, the promoter of his planned comeback concerts. Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos said lawyers for Katherine Jackson hadn’t shown enough evidence that Randy Phillips, CEO […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson‘s ex-wife acknowledged Thursday that she was concerned that some of his frequent medical visits were motivated more by a desire for drugs than by the treatments he received. Debbie Rowe testified during the trial of a lawsuit that she told Jackson about her concerns when he would go to […]