How have courts dealt with adjournments of a trial of a medical malpractice claim?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from a caselaw decision:
In Cleugh v. Jones, the plaintiff applied to the court for an adjournment of a trial of a malpractice claim. That claim arose from the birth of an infant that had occurred more than 6 years earlier and the damage portion of the claim would not be heard for at least another two years. The plaintiff wanted to postpone the trial of the liability issue but the judge did not grant the adjournment.
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