Explaining his decision, the judge said Dr Murray was now a convicted felon and had considerable ties outside the state of California, meaning he could not guarantee that the doctor would remain in the state.
The judge rejected the idea of hauling Dr Mahathir before him and accusing him of contempt of court.
But AEG could still be liable, at least in part, if the Jackson family can convince the judge that AEG controlled and pushed Dr. Murray into getting Jackson ready to perform at all costs.
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Charges of conflict of interest levelled at Dr Pachauri are hard to judge because the governments which organise the IPCC have provided no way for interests to be declared, or for conflicts to be assessed.
Dr. Christina Pietz, a forensic psychologist, told the judge Tuesday that Loughner is "one of the worst" mentally ill patients she's ever seen.
"I have come to the conclusion the defense has failed to satisfy the court on the relevance of the evidence which Dr. Mahathir could possibly offer to the defense, " said Judge Arifin Jaka.
The judge determined that, while AEG Live had not entered into a written contract with Dr. Murray to care for Michael (one was prepared but Michael died before it was signed), it may have verbally agreed to hire him as an independent contractor, even before the contract was signed.
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However, because of a late admission by the defence that Dr White would be using a new computer simulation to illustrate his theory, Judge Michael Pastor has given prosecutors the weekend to analyse the data before cross-examining the defence's expert.
The judge also felt that there was enough evidence that AEG Live could have foreseen the harm presented by Dr. Murray to allow the claim to survive the motion for dismissal.
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Dr Edis had said the Chiplow turbines would be "noticeable" from the fort but the judge ruled this was not the same as "a noticeable change" in the landscape.
The judge ruled that only the jury could determine if AEG Live should have been aware that the strong financial pressure Dr. Murray was under was enough to cause him to potentially put Michael at risk of harm by over-medicating him.
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St Pancras coroner Dr Andrew Reid is holding a pre-inquest review where he will decide whether he or a top judge should hear the inquest into the death.
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