msnbc legal analyst. lisa, good to have you here. you can help us get through the weeds on this one. the closing arguments expected to resume coming up in the next hour. as we talk about the dollar figures, a lot of money is at stake here. do you think the jackson family attorney has made a strong enough argument to get that kind of payout on personal damages? i think if they prevail on liability, that is that the jury says yes, aeg is responsible for hiring dr. conrad murray, who is responsible for michael jackson s death, then they re probably looking at a very big damage award. they don t get any money if they don t win liability. i think liability is the toughest part of the case. who is responsible for dr. conrad murray? was it aeg who hired him or michael jackson? which the aeg who supervised him or michael jackson? that s the court issue. let s play a small part of the jackson family attorney speaking yesterday. michael jackson had a well-known problem.
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