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Michael Jackson's mother's bid for a retrial of the unlawful death lawsuit against music promoters AEG Live has been rejected.
Despite Katherine Jackson's lawyers claiming jurors were "given an improper verdict form that was contrary to state law and didn't allow them to consider all the issues in the case" according to The Guardian, the bid was rejected as there were no errors in the trial, says Judge Yvette Palazuelos.
UK music promoters AEG Live, who were managing Michael Jackson during rehearsals for his This Is It shows, were found not responsible for the death of the legendary and troubled singer in 2013 after a five month trial.
Jackson died in 2009, with doctor Conrad Murray convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 for giving the singer an overdose of the anaesthetic propofol. Jackson's mother Katherine claims AEG Live are indirectly responsible for her son's death and were "negligent" in hiring Murray - and she was seeking costs of around a whopping $985million.
After the ruling, AEG Live's attorney Marvin Putnam said: "We were confident that the court would uphold the jury's verdict. This is also fantastic news for the taxpayers of California, who won't have their hard-earned money wasted retrying plaintiffs' baseless claims. Enough is enough."
However, Katherine Jackson's lawyer Kevin Boyle said the Jackson family will continue to fight the appeal. "We believe there are numerous ways that we can win on appeal," he said.
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