Phillips v. Hanna

NEALON, J,

ORDER

Plaintiffs have filed an “Emergency motion for continuance” seeking a postponement of this medical malpractice trial as a result of statements made by President George W. Bush during a campaign rally at the Lackawanna County Stadium on September 3, 2004. By way of brief background, the adult plaintiffs instituted this malpractice case against their minor daughter’s pediatrician, Raoufe Hanna M.D. and Community Medical Center (CMC), alleging a negligent failure to diagnose the minor’s hip dislocation following her birth at CMC on *451December 20, 1986, and prior to her discharge on…