LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - the insurers of ill-fated Michael Jackson "This Is It" concert comeback London asked a judge to set aside a $ 17.5 million policy taken by the promoters, saying that they were never told that the singer takes powerful medication.
Insurers Lloyds of London filed a suit against the company AEG Live and Jackson in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday, apply to a judge to resolve the insurance dispute nearly two years after the death of the singer "Thriller".
Jackson, 50, died in Los Angeles on June 25 after the rehearsals for the next series of 50 concerts in London. Authorities said he died of a massive dose of anesthetic propofol and a cocktail of other sedatives and analgesics.
Personal physician of Jackson is scheduled to stand trial in September on charges of giving the singer a lethal dose of propofol for sleep aid.
The insurance policy was purchased to cover the cancellation or postponement of the London concerts in the case of death, accident or illness of Jackson.
The prosecution argued that AEG, who hired doctor Jackson Dr. Conrad Murray, did not disclose medical history of the singer to the insurers "including, but not limited to, its prescription apparent drug and/or drug addiction".
States other trial that AEG or Jackson or his company knew, but did not disclose that Jackson took propofol, an anesthetic is usually restricted to hospital use before surgery.
He added that attempts to resolve the dispute with AEG Live outside the courts failed. "Underwriters therefore require that policy declared null and void."
AEG Live, which is private, did not return calls for comment Tuesday.
(Statement by Jill Serjeant, mounting by Christine Kearney)
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