Refusal To Delay Civil Trail For Plaintiff’s Religious Observance Was Abuse of Discretion

Religion Clause Blog: “In Neustadter v. Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring, Inc., (MD Ct. App., Feb. 24, 2011), Maryland’s Court of Appeals– the state’s highest court– held that a trial court abused its discretion when it refused to suspend a civil medical malpractice trial for two days when plaintiff and his attorney could not attend because of religious obligations imposed by the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.”