In the case of Aaliyah's wrongful 2001 death, it has been ruled that her record label cannot sue.

A Manhattan court dismissed the lawsuit brought by Blackground Records, saying only the singer's parents had a right to sue for her tragic demise.

In 2003, Aaliyah's parents, Michael and Diana Haughton, filed papers in Los Angeles court saying they had reached an undisclosed settlement with the plane's operator, owners and flight broker.

The record company had filed to sue the video producer that arranged the airplane flight from the Bahamas in which the singer was killed.

It is unclear whether Blackground plans to pursue the case.

Aaliyah had just finished a music video when she and eight others were killed in the crash of a twin-engine Cessna as it left the Bahamas en route to Florida in August 2001. She was 22.
   
An investigation showed the aircraft was overloaded by 700 pounds. An autopsy found cocaine and alcohol in the pilot's body, according to a coroner's testimony.