In the Phillips vs Michael Jackson Estate, we learnt few days ago that Phillips was demanding the court to postpone the trial date to 6 months to prepare for his legal battle with the Estate due to new lawyer and more depositions to be made.
As expected, the Estate and their lawyers have asked the court to deny Phillip’s plea. From the court documents, the Estate’s reasons are that Phillips has failed to show any valid reason for the delay and also stated that the settlement talks are not going well.
“Any trial continuance will only decrease the odds of a settlement. To date, and despite repeated requests, Phillips has never made a settlement demand in this action. Moreover, [the executors] have repeatedly Phillips and his counsel (including his new counsel) of the basis on which they would consider settlement and are not interested in incurring the additional expense of private mediation.”
Further, McClain and Branca argued a delay would “significantly prejudice” them “who have already spent six figures in legal fees litigating this action.”
The court will make a decision in the up coming days or weeks.
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