The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, is shown in November 2007. A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Jackson that claimed he reneged on an agreement to participate in a Jackson Five reunion tour. (Danny Moloshok/Associated Press) A New York judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the estate of Michael Jackson for failing to carry out a last tour with other members of the Jackson Five.
Concert promoter AllGood Entertainment Inc., of Morristown, N.J., sued Jackson for $40 million US on June 10, 2009, two weeks before the singer died.
AllGood had claimed the Jackson and his manager Frank DiLeo broke a contract for a Jackson Five reunion when it agreed to a string of London shows in the summer of 2009.
But U.S. District Judge Harold Baer Jr. said there was no evidence that the King of Pop or his brothers had ever signed a binding contract to reunite.
He granted a motion by lawyers for Jackson's estate to dismiss the suit on Thursday.
AllGood had made a claim of $300 million from the Jackson estate, claiming economic damage from the failed concert, but the judge also rejected that claim.
"This case never had any merit and the claim was frivolous from day one," Jackson estate attorney Howard Weitzman said in a statement.
"Michael Jackson never agreed to participate in a concert promoted by AllGood as the judge clearly found in his opinion."
Jackson's estate is tied up in a series of legal disputes, including disputes over rights to his work and claims made by debtors and his family.
