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The trial over Michael Jackson’s alleged wrongful death continued last week with the testimony of his stylist, stating the pop star was in danger. Plus, a Neverland visitor is changing his tune of molestation accusations. The trial in a Los Angeles courtroom centers on allegations by Michael Jackson’s family that concert promoter AEG Live is responsible for the actions of the doctor who fatally overdosed the pop star with an anesthetic.   ‘Whatever It Takes’ The plaintiffs’ witness testimony so …

Monster Beverage Corporation, maker of Monster Energy drinks, and the San Francisco city attorney have declared litigation war on each other in an escalating battle over whether Monster’s caffeinated drinks are unsafe, especially for minors. First Monster sued City Attorney Dennis Herrera, claiming his office is unfairly singling out the company and overstepping his authority; then Herrera fired back with his own lawsuit, claiming Monster is practicing unfair competition, mislabeling its drinks, and violating state laws that regulate foods with …

A Texas woman is suing a doctor and hospital in Houston, alleging that her tubes were tied without her consent after she had a C-section. Amber Graves claims in the suit that when she visited Dr. Fan Wang at Memorial Hermann Hospital to obtain birth control, much to her surprise he informed her that there was no need because he had already tied her tubes two months previously. The doctor claimed that Graves signed a consent form for the procedure in …

The first week of the wrongful death trial for pop sensation Michael Jackson wrapped up after testimony from a paramedic and a police detective that centered on the singer’s drug addiction and his doctor’s financial debts. Members of Jackson’s family are seeking billions from concert promoter AEG Live for failing to properly supervise his personal doctor, Conrad Murray. Jackson died from a heart attack in 2009 after overdosing on propofol, an anesthetic drug he used to help him go to sleep …

A federal court has upheld a $5.75 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging rampant student-on-student sex abuse at the Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind. The lawsuit claimed that a group of older students who called themselves “the ringleaders” bullied, terrorized, assaulted, robbed, gang raped and sodomized younger, smaller students at the school. The parents of the victims blamed the school administration, the state of Hawaii, and school counselors for not providing a safe school environment and for trying …