(a) Any civil action to which a terminally ill person is a party shall be privileged in assignment for trial. For the purpose of this section, “terminally ill” means in the final stage of an incurable or irreversible medical condition which will result in death within a relatively short time, in the opinion of the attending physician.
(b) The judges of the Superior Court may, in accordance with the provisions of section 51-14, adopt rules for the precedence of actions pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 98-54.)