Steeve Rojas, right, was riding his motorcycle to work at The Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills when a plumbing truck rammed into him. Rojas, 40, had to have his right foot and lower leg amputated. His lawsuit against both the plumbing truck company and the driver went to trial on Thursday, in person, despite a surge in coronavirus cases in Los Angeles. Courtesy photo
In Los Angeles, one of the cities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, a civil trial opened on Thursday—in person.
The trial, expected to last two weeks, is taking place in a downtown Los Angeles Superior Court building. Lawyers wore masks, socially distance and rely on barriers and videotaped testimony to conduct the trial, according to a live broadcast of the proceedings via Courtroom View Network. And, in one of the key decisions to get the case resolved, they agreed to hold a bench trial, eliminating the need for jurors.
