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Attorneys representing the estate of Dr. Jennifer A. Sidari claim legal counsel for the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center are engaging in improper conduct to nefarious ends.
Geisinger said Thursday that the opposite is true.
“We have not seen the filing; however, we believe it to be misunderstanding resulting in yet another legal maneuver by plaintiffs’ counsel,” said Geisinger’s Associate Vice President of Litigation Services Donna Rae.
According to documents filed Wednesday in Luzerne County Court, the health system’s attorneys have acted in violation of the state Rules of Civil Procedure for more than a year by trying to discover the identity of consulting and testifying experts in efforts repeatedly rejected by Judge Tina Polachek Gartley.
Sidari, of West Pittston, died unexpectedly in May 2013 of complications resulting from a blood clot. The 26-year-old had graduated medical school less than three weeks earlier.
A civil complaint filed in January 2014 claims the woman’s death was preventable if not for a series of errors which began shortly after her admission to the Plains Township hospital. The suit seeks unspecified damages.