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FAMILY DROPS LAWSUIT OVER MIJAC HOSPITAL STAY: Case was supposed to go to trial Oct. 27.
*A family who was suing a Santa Maria, Calif. hospital for removing their critically-ill relative to make room for Michael Jackson during his 2005 child-molestation trial has dropped their lawsuit against the medical center.
According to the Santa Maria Times, the family of Manuela Gomez Ruiz and their attorney filed papers on Aug. 19 requesting the lawsuit be dismissed. Court documents did not give a reason.
The Ruiz family had sued Marian Medical Center in February 2007 for infliction of emotional and mental distress. They claimed Ruiz, 73, was kept from critical care after a heart attack on the same day Jackson was brought in with flu-like symptoms during his trial.
The lawsuit said Ruiz was moved from a double room so Jackson could have the entire space to himself. The suit also complained of an "outrageous, circus-like atmosphere" in the last hours of her life.
The family had initially sued Jackson also, but a judge dropped him from the lawsuit in April. He was acquitted of the child molestation charges.
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