Jurors in Los Angeles cleared concert promoter AEG Live in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Michael Jackson.
The verdict found that doctor Conrad Murray, who was hired by the company- was not unfit for his job.
Murray is currently in jail convicted of involuntary manslaughter after administering a lethal dose of drugs to Jackson that ended up killing him.
The prosecution alleged AEG Live had negligently hired Murray as Jackson's doctor. Jurors on the trial said their decision was based on Murray's competence, not his ethics.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) GREG BARDEN, JURY FOREMAN, SAYING:
"... maybe had the word ethical been in the question it could have been a different outcome. But because it was for the job he was hired to do, that's what we had to focus on."
AEG lawyer Marvin Putnam.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) MARVIN PUTNAM, ATTORNEY FOR AEG, SAYING:
"They knew from the beginning that they didn't do something wrong, and luckily, t
