Coroner staff 'broke rules by copying Jackson death certificate'

Michael Jackson's death certificate was improperly viewed by at least half a dozen employees at the Los Angeles County coroner's office, it emerged today.

In some cases, the staff members, who had no role in investigating the cause of the pop star's death, appeared to have printed copies before the document became a public record, coroner's official Chief Investigator Craig Harvey told the Los Angeles Times.