Joe Jackson in pursuit of his son’s death records wants the judge assigned to the Michael Jackson Estate Case to acknowledge the father’s right to sue media outlets for publishing photos of his dead son.
Jackson’s estate executors expressed outrage, and said access to medical reports would violate Michael’s physician-patient privilege as well as his fundamental privacy rights.
Joe argued MJ’s UCLA Medial Center records aren’t governed by doctor-patient confidentiality since the pop star was brought dead to the hospital. Jackson family lawyer, Brian Oxman, filed legal documents claiming legal precedent allows a family to sue in such a case. Oxman’s filing is also aimed at allowing Joe to file a wrongful death action “against the people who caused his son’s death.”
Executors response to Jackson, who is requesting funds from his son’s estate to finance his investigation into the singer’s death, is that he is attempting to gain access to the records by making his request in a suit which he initially sought to gain a monthly stipend from the estate, that has nothing to do with wrongful death or medical records.
They further stated that Joe Jackson is not listed as a beneficiary of Michael Jackson’s estate and therefore has no right to sue on his son’s behalf; and that he is not entitled to a family allowance and thus cannot be paid an allowance to prosecute a wrongful death action.
The elder Jackson argued that wife, Katherine — who called Dr. Conrad Murray, the man accused of killing their son, a “monster” — and MJ’s children — one of whom offered to testify at Dr. Murray’s trial — are in fact beneficiaries of the estate and support him in his request to the court.
Sister La Toya Jackson seemingly speaking for the family said “Michael was murdered and although he died at the hands of Dr. Conrad Murray, I believe Dr. Murray was a part of a much larger plan. There are other individuals involved and I will not rest, and I will continue to fight until all of the proper individuals are brought forth and justice is served.”
The Judge assigned to the Michael Jackson estate case delayed issuing a ruling on the patriarch’s request for medical records asking for further time to consider the arguments put forward by Joe’s lawyer. He is expected to announce his decision in a matter of days.
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