By David Gardner In Los Angeles PUBLISHED: 03:15 EST, 2 April 2013 | UPDATED: 20:23 EST, 2 April 2013 Michael Jackson’s mother and children yesterday began a legal battle for a staggering £26.5billion in a case that could shed new light on his death. The family claim the promoter AEG Live, which was behind his planned UK comeback shows, was negligent in its alleged hiring and supervision of his personal physician Dr Conrad Murray. The doctor, who is serving a four-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter over the 50-year-old star’s death, did not give evidence at his own trial in 2011.
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Family seeking payout for promoter's alleged hiring of Dr Conrad Murray
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Doctor is serving four-year prison sentence for manslaughter
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Company to deny liability, claiming he was responsible for his own death
The company is also likely to bring up @placeholder’s ‘shopping’ for doctors to prescribe him drugs, as well as his acquittal on child molestation charges.