A jury here dismissed the case that Michael Jackson's family had brought against concert promoter AEG Live alleging them of negligence in singer's 2009 death.
After four days of deliberations, the Los Angeles Superior Court panel found that AEG Live was not negligent in the death of the singer.
They found that Dr Conrad Murray, who gave the pop star a deadly dose of a powerful anesthetic, was not unfit or incompetent to perform the work for which he was hired, reported People magazine.
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"The jury's decision completely vindicates AEG Live, confirming what we have known from the start - that although Michael Jackson's death was a terrible tragedy, it was not a tragedy of AEG Live's making," said AEG attorney Marvin Putnam.
Jackson's mother Katherine was seeking massive damages in the April lawsuit. The jury began deliberating on September 26.
Murray, who was convicted of manslaughter in Jackson's death in November 2011 and is scheduled to be released from jail on October 28, was not part of the proceedings.
In the five-month long trial 58 witnesses testified where Jackson attorneys claimed AEG put Murray on its payroll to push Jackson through a 50-concert comeback tour despite indications that his health was not good.
AEG attorneys said Jackson's death at age 50 was a tragedy but it was something that the singer was responsible himself.


