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Judge: Michael Jackson’s mom should pay more than $800,000 in trial costs after failed lawsuit

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FILE - In this April 27, 2011 file photo, Katherine Jackson poses for a portrait in Calabasas, Calif. A Los Angeles judge tentatively ruled Monday April 14, 2014, that Katherine Jackson should pay more than 00,000 in legal costs to AEG Live LLC over her unsuccessful lawsuit against the concert promoter alleging it negligently hired the doctor convicted of causing her son\'s death in 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A judge has indicated that Michael Jackson’s mother should pay the promoter of her son’s ill-fated comeback concerts more than $800,000 in costs associated with her failed negligent hiring lawsuit.

Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos issued a tentative ruling Monday against Katherine Jackson,

The five-month trial ended with a jury determining that AEG Live LLC did not negligently hire the doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson’s death in 2009.

AEG Live initially sought more than $1.2 million to cover the cost of court reporters and exhibits. Katherine Jackson’s lawyers claimed only about a quarter of that amount was justified.

Both sides agreed not to argue the tentative ruling, although once finalized it can be appealed.

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