Jury rejects claim that Jackson promoter negligent

[alp227]

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Source: AP

More than four years after Michael Jackson's death, a jury on Wednesday rejected the notion that the promoter of his ill-fated comeback concerts was linked to his demise, ending a long-running case that offered an unprecedented look into the singer's addiction struggles, concert preparations and his role as a parent.

The latest chapter in the often bizarre Jackson saga stemmed from a lawsuit filed by his mother against AEG Live LLC as she sought to financially punish the company for hiring the doctor convicted of killing her superstar son with an overdose of the anesthetic propofol.

At five months, it was the longest of any trial involving Jackson and gave the panel an inside look of his homes, concerts and even the offices of his doctors.

Jurors concluded that the case had many tragic elements but stopped short of awarding the singer's family hundreds of millions of dollars.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/verdict-reached-case-against-jackson-promoter

[hlthe2b]

1. I found it hard to side with either party...

Seems like quite a lot of responsibility to go around...

(On edit, I mean the Jackson family, MJ himself, and the concert promoters--clearly the physician was rightly convicted and responsible)

[dipsydoodle]

2. The Clerk of the Court was competing with Abbot and Costello.

Did you say no - yes. Did mean yes - no..............................................

[msanthrope]

3. Good. Jackson had exactly what he wanted---an in-house drug dealer.

Why should his estate be rewarded for his bad choices?

[rocktivity]

8. DING DING DING! Msanthrope, you're our grand prize winner!

Why should his estate be rewarded for his bad choices?

Up to and including choosing to do a tour when his physical condition was such that he needed a GENERAL ANESTHETIC to get to sleep EVERY night?


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[msanthrope]

9. He needed a general anesthetic for a dreamless sleep. Other sleep aids would have worked, but

the sleep would not have been dreamless.

Now, think about that for a minute. Seriously.....why would he need a dreamless sleep?

[rocktivity]

10. According to my exclusive source (my sister, a pharmacist)

not only did the general anesthetic involved have no business being used outside of an operating room, only a licensed anesthesiologist can administer it. So Jackson must have known he was bending the rules as much as his doctor did -- which would explain the doctor's reported salary of $150,000 per month.


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[msanthrope]

11. Yep--he'd been told by plenty of other professionals (who had refused him) what the

score was. He knew what he was doing.

[question everything]

4. Five months jury duty?

Who can afford it? Of course, the Simpson trial was just as long. Perhaps longer.

I don't have an opinion about this trial, but what jurors can one get if the only ones available are the ones that can waste five months of their lives listening to this?

[Kablooie]

5. I was in a jury on the floor right above the Jackson trial months ago.

We'd go past the Jackson courtroom when we'd take the escalator down to the snack bar.

There were always several people waiting around outside the Jackson court room including sometimes fans with Jackson memorabilia.

My trial was only 2 weeks but seemed like forever.
I can't imagine going there everyday for 5 months.

[msanthrope]

6. You've just explained the first OJ jury. nt

[LisaL]

7. Good. He was an adult.

Not a child.

[rocktivity]

12. And if he was an adult who was making irresponsible, incompetent decisions

his family's time and efforts would have been better invested in taking over control of his estate.


rocktivity

[UTUSN]

13. Huh?!1 ABCNews w/Diane said $1.5 BILLION was awarded to the JACKSONs - somebody 'splain

[alp227]

14. you might've mis heard, but that's the amount of money the Jackson Family sought in this lawsuit.

That's the estimated profit Jackson's "This Is It" tour would have made.