- Conrad Murray was $1 million in debt when he took the job as Michael Jackson's doctor
- A Las Vegas man told police Murray's negligence caused his father's death
- Katherine Jackson told investigators her family "attempted several interventions"
- Part of Thursday's testimony in the civil trial focused on the pop icon's messy bedroom
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A lawyer for Michael Jackson's
family seemed satisfied as he left the Los
Angeles courthouse after the
first week of the pop star's wrongful death trial.
"There's a long way to go and we hope the evidence supports -- and we believe it does -- that Dr. (Conrad) Murray
was unfit for the job he was hired to do," attorney Brian Panish said.
"He was financially motivated and was in serious financial straits."
Jackson's mother and
three children are suing AEG Live, contending the concert promoter is
liable in the pop icon's death because it hired, retained and/or
supervised Murray, the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Murray's fatal treatment
of Jackson with the surgical anesthetic the coroner ruled killed him was
the result of the doctors' financial desperation and pressure from AEG
executives to have Jackson ready for rehearsals for his comeback tour,
Jackson lawyers argue.
AEG contends it was
Jackson who chose and controlled Murray, not its executives. The company
had no way of knowing what treatments the doctor was giving the singer,
who it said was an expert at keeping his "deepest, darkest secret"
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