Jackson's dad refiles case

US: Michael Jackson's father has refiled a wrongful death lawsuit against the late pop icon's doctor, alleging negligence in treatment before the singer's death and when he was found unconscious.

The 24-page lawsuit, filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court this week - after a federal court rejected it in June - claims that Dr Conrad Murray spent 47 minutes on the phone while Jackson was dying on June 25, 2009.

Joseph Jackson is seeking unspecified damages from Murray and others, including a Las Vegas pharmacy said to have supplied the powerful sedative drugs administered to the 50-year-old in the run-up to his death.

"Defendants negligently did not recognize Michael Jackson's life threatening distress, which defendants caused through their use of inadequate equipment, personnel and monitoring," said the suit, a copy of which was obtained by AFP. Los Angeles, Thursday, AFP