• News/       Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Trial Begins: 5
Opening-Statement Slams      Rebbie Jackson, Randy Jackson,
Michael Jackson AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMAR/Getty Images      Think
there are no more revelations to be had about the life and death
of Michael Jackson?      Opening statements began today in the
$1.5 billion wrongful-death case brought by Katherine Jackson,
on behalf of her son's estate, against concert promoter AEG
Live, whom she accuses of negligently handling her son's medical
care by hiring cardiologist Conrad Murray and therefore playing
a role in his June 25, 2009, death from a propofol overdose.
AEG has denied being Murray's employer, maintaining that it was
Jackson who brought the embattled doc onboard.      With the
trial expected to last anywhere from one to three months, Monday
was each side's first chance to score early points with the six-
man, six-woman jury—and possibly land a few early blows.
Interestingly, both camps were limited to a two-and-a-half-hour
opening statement t