quarta-feira, 1 de dezembro de 2010

Michael Jackson's dad files wrongful death suit against son's doctor


(CNN) -- An attorney for the father of the late pop star Michael Jackson filed a wrongful death suit Tuesday against Jackson's doctor and his medical clinics, as well as the pharmacy that sold the doctor the drug that killed Jackson.
Attorney Brian Oxman filed the suit in the California Superior Court in Los Angeles County on behalf of Joe Jackson. A similar lawsuit filed against Dr. Conrad Murray in federal court -- which did not include the pharmacy -- was thrown out of court earlier this month.
The suit also alleges negligent hiring, training and supervision and negligence against the clinics and negligence against the pharmacy and Murray. It asks for unspecified damages and court costs.
The suit names Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and his three children as "nominal plaintiff parties".
Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's June 25, 2009, death, which the Los Angeles County coroner ruled was from an overdose of propofol, a powerful anesthetic used to put surgical patients to sleep. CNN