Judge: No more excuses for would-be Jackson jurors

Published April 17, 2013 12:19am ET



LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge says except for medical emergencies, she won’t consider any more excuses from potential jurors in the lawsuit by Michael Jackson’s mother against concert promoter AEG.

Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos received a flurry of last-minute notes Tuesday from people asking to leave the case because of scheduling and financial hardships they had not claimed earlier. She excused 10 more panelists from a pool of 87 and ordered attorneys to begin individual questioning.

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