The doctor from Nevada, Conrad Murray, has already been indicted for involuntary manslaughter for the 'Thriller' hitmaker's death and pleaded not guilty. He is currently out on a USD 75,000 bail.
The new suit seeks more than USD 75,000 and alleges that Murray gave paramedics and doctors false information about the "polypharmacy" of drugs Jackson had been given and hindered efforts to revive him in an ambulance and at UCLA Medical Center, according to CNN.
The suit said that "other parties responsible for Michael Jackson's death" would be added but that the plaintiff "has not yet gathered sufficient information regarding their potential liability or responsibility."
Murray had admitted to giving Jackson the drug. It is recommended that the powerful anesthetic be administered by specialists in a hospital setting. But in this case, it was given to the insomniac singer to help him sleep.
In the first suit, the prosecutors have to prove that the doctor was criminally negligent when he gave Jackson a drug called propofol shortly before he died. The coroner's report in August said that the death was caused by a mix of painkillers and sedatives in Jackson's body, but mainly due to propofol.Murray started working for the pop singer in May. It was the time when Jackson was trying to revive his career after it hit a low period owing to child molestation charges from which he was eventually acquitted.
Jackson was preparing to perform in a comeback concert 'This is it', at the O2 Arena in London, but death took him away at the age of 50 on June 25 last year.The new complaint also alleges that Murray delayed calling for paramedics for over an hour, after he found Jackson not breathing minutes after he injected him with propofol to help him fall asleep.
The suit contends that Murray used the time to hide evidence of drugs he had been giving Jackson. When the ambulance carrying the pop superstar to the emergency room arrived at 1:13 pm, he had "no pulse, blood pressure, spontaneous respiration or heartbeat."