Gig Promoter Found Not Liable in Michael Jackson’s Death
A jury found the concert promoter AEG Live not liable in Michael Jackson’s death.
The legendary singer’s family sued the company in 2010 for negligence in hiring Dr. Conrad Murray. Murray gave Michael a fatal dose of the surgical anesthetic propofol days before his comeback tour in London, thus causing Michael’s death.
The Jacksons sued AEG for hundreds of millions of dollars, but on the 2nd of October a jury decided to clear the company of the negligence charges brought by the superstar’s family.
Dr. Conrad Murray is currently in prison. He will be released in October after serving two years in jail. According to The Los Angeles Times, after more than five months of testimony and deliberation, the jury decided that AEG bares no blame for hiring Dr. Murray, and accepted the gig promoter’s testimony that Michael hired his own doctor and all medication was a private matter between the two. The verdict stated that each Jackson child should receive $85 million in personal damages, instead of $1 billion, which probably didn’t please Michael’s mother, Katherine, who showed up at the courthouse around 3 p.m. to hear the verdict.
