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>> no. no. i think we just get used to it, so you don't cry every day. >> reporter: kyung lah, cnn, billings, montana reason an attorney for aeg said michael jackson was responsible for his own health and he overdosed why his own bedroom behind closed doors. aeg had no idea that murray was giving jackson propofol.
Considered employees by a judge. >> so you think it's going to get thrown out, summary judgment? >> exactly. >> on those grounds. >> and the sleazy lawyers who pick up cases like this are just hoping that fox wants to get rid of it and so on. >> right. they're making money on it. >> and they get a third. >> they're not employees of "american idol." >> i don't want to try the case on tv, but there's so many of these bogus cases. now corporate america is under siege by these case. >> right. it's terrible. >> now we have closing arguments in the jackson case versus this concert promoter. >> aeg. ...
Responsible for michael jackson's death. that helps the plaintiffs in this case, the family. that's been established by a court. now they have to say who's responsible for dr. conrad murray. >> because this is a civil court and we learned from the o.j. simpson trial, another high profile civil cases, the threshold or the bar is very different here. >> yes, it's lower. >> it's just preponderance of the evidence. we hear about proof beyond a reasonable doubt and it's much easier in 51% of the evidence favors the plaintiff and 49% goes to aeg, the plaintiffs can win and the dollar amount can be h...
Was negligent hiring by aeg. >> so aeg hired a bad doctor, and that's why they lose. you concur? >> i concur except the contract was never signed. >> signed by dr. murray. >> there's a problem with aeg not signing the contract. i agree with kimberly. they will get something, the family will get something. they're not going to get $1 billion. >> the jury gives the award and then the judge has to confirm it. >> whatever you give, you've got to break it down a little bit. >> so we should know within the next week or ten days? >> you know what's so important aboutm½/ñ this? only 9 poout of the 1...
Effort, attorneys for michael jackson's family tried to convince jurors that aeg live is responsible for hiring murray and therefore responsibility for jackson's death. >> the defendants chose to do more than pay dr. murray $150,000 a month. they asked him to help with the insurance. >> reporter: after hearing from more than 50 witnesses through 84 days in court, this interview with aeg's ceo was also played. >> very large sum of money. >> conrad robert murray guilty. >> reporter: in 2011, a separate jury found murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter for giving jackson a deadly dose of propo...