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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A jury was seated Wednesday in the medical malpractice trial over the death of a young doctor at a Geisinger hospital.</p><p>Dr. Jennifer Sidari, 26, of West Pittston, died at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville over the 2013 Memorial Day weekend of complications from a blood clot. A subsequent lawsuit filed against Geisinger in January 2014 alleged Sidari&#8217;s death was avoidable if not for a series of errors that began shortly after her arrival at the Plains Township hospital.</p><p>Geisinger has defended its care, claiming it was rendered in &#8220;accordance with the accepted standard of medical care in the community.&#8221;</p><p>A pool of 70 potential jurors was whittled down over the course of two days to a panel of 16 &#8212; a 12-person jury of six men and six women and four alternates. The four alternates are women.</p><p>The oldest of three siblings, Sidari was a graduate of Wyoming Area High School and the University of Scranton. She was a member of The Commonwealth Medical College&#8217;s charter class and among the first wave of locally trained students to receive a doctor of medicine degree from the Scranton-based medical college.</p><p>Opening arguments are expected to begin later this morning.</p><p><strong>Check back to <a href="https://www.timesleader.com" target="_blank">timesleader.com</a> for further updates.</strong></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 seated in Sidari medical malpractice trial