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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A sluggish start to jury selection Monday in a medical malpractice trial surrounding the death of a young doctor carried into Tuesday as a pool of 70 potential jurors was sent home for a second straight day with instructions to return the following morning.</p><p>Just after 5 p.m., Luzerne County Judge Lesa S. Gelb excused the first 56 potential jurors to go through the individual interview process, instructing the remaining 14 to stay into the evening to be questioned so a jury could be seated Wednesday morning in the lawsuit, brought by the family of Dr. Jennifer Sidari against Geisinger hospital officials.</p><p>The judge ordered the panel to return to the courthouse at 9:15 a.m. Just 16 potential jurors had been interviewed individually Monday before Gelb <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/517306/jury-yet-to-be-seated-in-medical-malpractice-trial-of-dr-jennifer-sidari" target="_blank">dismissed the jury pool</a> for the day.</p><p>Sidari, 26, of West Pittston, died at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville in 2013 over complications from a blood clot. A lawsuit filed in January 2014 by her family alleged Geisinger provided substandard care to Sidari in the days and hours leading up to her death, failing to diagnose what lawyers allege was a correctable condition.</p><p>Geisinger&#8217;s lawyers have defended the care provided to Sidari, claiming it was &#8220;in accordance with the accepted standard of medical care in the community.&#8221;</p><p>Sidari, a graduate of The Commonwealth Medical College&#8217;s charter class, was about to begin her first year of residency training in pediatrics at Geisinger&#8217;s Janet Weis Children&#8217;s Hospital in Danville.</p><p>Once the jury is seated, the trial is <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/514841/medical-malpractice-trial-in-death-of-dr-jennifer-sidari-to-start-next-week" target="_blank">expected to last several weeks</a>.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Jury selection in Dr. Jennifer Sidari medical malpractice trial claims second straight day