Almost four years after Michael Jackson's shocking death, the 40 billion dollar (USD) civil wrongful death trial got underway on Monday (April 29) in Los Angeles ...with the Jackson family attorney Brian Panish charging that concert promoters AEG Live played a key role in the sudden 2009 death of the singer.
The "Thriller" singer's mother Katherine is suing privately-held AEG Live, the promoters of the never-realized series of London concerts, for negligence in the hiring of Dr. Conrad Murray, who was convicted in 2011 for the involuntary manslaughter of Jackson.
AEG Live contends that it did not hire or supervise Murray and claims that Jackson had prescription drug problems for years before entering into any agreement for the London concerts.
Dr. Conrad Murray, is serving a four-year prison sentence after being found criminally negligent by administering propofol to Jackson as a sleep aid.
The civil trial is expected to be highly emotional and last up to three
