This week a jury in California convicted Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death in June 2009. Now a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by Jackson's mother and his children against the company that was contracting Murray as Jackson's doctor and that was going to pay Jackson to perform in a 50-concert tour in London.

Jackson was preparing for the tour when he died. His death was directly caused by a powerful surgical anesthetic that Murray had given to Jackson to give him relief from insomnia. The family claims Anschutz Entertainment Group caused Jackson's death by pressuring him to perform when he was not healthy enough to do so.