Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Trial
CUOMO: In just about two hours from now, jurors in an L.A. Courtroom will hear opening statements in the Michael Jackson wrongful death lawsuit. Jackson's mother and children are seeking billions from the promoter of his ill-fated comeback tour. The issue is whether AEG Live hired or supervised the doctor convicted of killing the pop icon. CNN's Casey Wian has more.</s>CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Michael Jackson was in the last weeks of rehearsal for what was to be his grand comeback. The exhausted 50 year-old insomniac died in 2009 from an overdose of sedatives and the surgical anaesthetic Propofol. Dr. Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson the fatal dose in an effort to help him sleep. He's in prison. Now the company that promoted the comeback tour, AEG Live, is fighting legal claims by Jackson's mother and children that it shares responsibility for the singer's death because it hired and supervised Murray.</s>PIERS MORGAN, CNN ANCHOR: What do you think as his mother caused his death?</s>KATHERINE JACKSON, MICHAEL JACKSON'S MOTHER: I don't know. All I know is they used Propofol and they shouldn't have used it and they use it in the wrong setting. That's all I know and that's what caused his death.</s>PROF. JODY ARMOUR, USC LAW SCHOOL: The gist of the playing a claim against AEG is that you controlled Dr. Murray and you used your control over Dr. Murray to pressure him into taking unnecessary and excessive risks with his patient Michael Jackson leading to Michael Jackson's death.</s>WIAN: AEG Live's attorney says there was never a signed contract with Murray and that Jackson was the only one who controlled him.</s>MARVIN PUTNAM, AEG COMPANY: He was chosen by Michael Jackson, he'd be there at Michael Jackson's behalf. He would be Michael Jackson's doctor alone. But this was only being done because Michael Jackson asked for it. Michael Jackson was the only person who could get rid of him as well.</s>WIAN: Potential witnesses include Jackson's teenage children, Prince Michael and Paris. Producer Quincy Jones could testify about the billions of dollars Michael Jackson would have earned if he had lived, money his heirs now want from AEG a multi-billion dollar sports entertainment and real estate conglomerate.</s>WIAN: Now, opening statements are expected to begin in a little more than two hours. Already you can see behind me photographers are beginning to line up outside the courtroom. That's because this is expected to be a very star-studded trial. In addition to Michael Jackson's siblings who are expected to be here, on the witness list includes celebrities including Diana Ross, Prince, Spike Lee -- they'll all be part of this case potentially which could have billions of dollars at stake --</s>CUOMO: A lot of stars and a lot of money. Casey, thank you very much. When we come back, we're going to go back to Boston. The youngest bombing suspect was read his Miranda rights three days after his arrest. Some lawmakers, they say that was too soon. Interrogation was needed. We'll tell you why and balance it out after the break.