Jackson is a person who was known to doctor shop," Putnam said. When Palazuelos ruled in February that case warranted a jury trial, she found there was evidence to support the Jacksons' claim that AEG Live executives could have foreseen that Murray would use dangerous drugs in treating the singer. Elvis' ghost haunts Michael Jackson death trial.
Just before Monday's session began, the judge issued a series of rulings which allow Jackson expert witnesses to testify, although limited some of their opinions. The lawsuit seeks a judgment against AEG Live equal to the money Jackson would have earned over the course of his remaining lifetime if he had not died in Palazuelos reversed an earlier tentative decision Monday that would have limited the amount of damages the Jackson's could argued AEG should pay if found liable in the singer's death.
AEG executives discussed extending the tour beyond the 50 shows scheduled for London, Jackson lawyers said. Jackson lawyer Perry Sanders, in arguing for the judge to allow Erk's testimony, said when "This Is It" tickets went on sale in March , there was the "highest demand to see anyone in the history of the world.
No one has ever come close. Jackson could have packed the Tokyo Dome several times in a world tour, he said. AEG lawyers argued that Jackson didn't perform shows and make that much money even in his prime. Erk also calculated Jackson would have followed with four more world tours before he turned Palazuelos weighed in during a hearing on Thursday, noting that the Rolling Stones are still touring into their 70s.
The Jacksons will also try to convince jurors that he would have made a fortune off of a long series of Las Vegas shows, endorsements, a clothing line and movies. Strong argued that Jackson had a history of failed projects and missed opportunities, calling Erk's projections "a hope, a dream, and not a basis for damages. Erk, under the new ruling, will be able to tell jurors about the "loss of earning capacity" suffered by the family because of Jackson's death.
This means the jury can consider how the Jackson argument that he could have earned millions with a clothing line, endorsements and movies.
The expert's estimate that Jackson would have completed five world tours before he was 65, if he had lived, can also be considered. AEG can argue, however, that Jackson's past failures diminished the potential earnings. None of the Jackson experts can offer an opinion on the question of if Dr.
Conrad Murray was hired by AEG. If AEG is found liable, the company's lawyers want the judge to tell the jury to reduce any damages by the amount Jackson's estate earned from the documentary made from video the company shot of his rehearsals. Jackson lawyer Brian Panish compared giving AEG credit for the "This Is It" profits to being "like you murdered someone, wrote a book about them and gave them the money.
Panish, who will deliver the Jacksons' opening statement Monday morning, said he was not sure who his first witness will be Tuesday morning. He did tell the court he will show several videos of the depositions given by AEG's top executives in the first week. Panish and AEG's Putnam will each have two and a half hours to describe their cases to the jury in opening statements starting at 10 a. The primary focus of his legal practice is "media in defense of their First Amendment rights," according to his official biography.
He is the force behind the effort to build a football stadium in downtown Los Angeles to lure a National Football League team to the city.
Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial — Tim Leiweke: He was recently fired as AEG's president as Philip Anschutz announced he was taking a more active role in the company. The Jackson lawyers say Leiweke's e-mail exchanges with executives under him concerning Michael Jackson's health are important evidence in their case. He testified at Dr.
Conrad Murray's criminal trial that he contacted the physician and negotiated his hiring at the request of Jackson. AEG lawyers say it was Jackson who chose, hired and supervised Murray.
Gongaware knew Jackson well, having been tour manager for the singer in previous years. Branca was Jackson's lawyer until about seven years before his death. He said Jackson rehired him just weeks before he died.
Story highlights Jackson family says the truth was found, it is considering legal options The jury said AEG had hired Dr. Conrad Murray, but also concluded that the concert promoter was not liable for Michael Jackson's drug overdose death. The jury decided that Murray was competent, so even though AEG Live hired him, it was not liable for Jackson's death and didn't owe the Jackson family millions of dollars in compensation.
We found the truth. AEG hired Dr. Conrad Murray, the man who is in jail for killing Michael Jackson," according to a statement from family matriarch Katherine Jackson and her lawyers. The jury accepted AEG Live lawyers' arguments that the company was not negligent because its executives had no way of knowing that Murray -- licensed to practice in four states and never sued for malpractice -- was a risk to Jackson.
The singer was a secretive drug addict who kept even his closest relatives in the dark about his use of propofol to sleep, they contended. More Videos Juror: AEG didn't know what was going on Days before the "This Is It" comeback concerts were due to begin in June , Jackson suddenly died. Katherine Jackson, Michael's mother, is one of the plaintiffs, along with Prince Michael and Paris Jackson, his two oldest children.
Both Katherine and Prince Michael have testified during the trial. In the midst of this trial, reliving it all apparently became too much for Michael Jackson's daughter Paris. She had to be rushed to the hospital by ambulance at 2 in the morning. Attorney Marc Geragos says that if the Jackson family wins, the damages could run into the billions of dollars, as the sum is meant to reflect what Jackson could have earned had he survived.
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