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# Crosswalk trial delayed
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/crosswalk-trial-delayed/
- Published: 2004-05-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:22:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

SM COURTHOUSE — A lawsuit levied against the City of West Hollywood by a man who suffered brain damage when he was struck in a crosswalk has been continued by a Santa Monica judge so both sides can collect more evidence.

Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Valerie Baker this week put the matter over until the end of July. The jury trial is expected to last 20 days.

At issue in the case is whether the City of West Hollywood should have known the intersection at Sunset Boulevard and Alta Loma Road was dangerous.

Plaintiff Jason Eli Sayers was struck in April of 2001 by a car driven by Danielle

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 22, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052204.pdf?ref=smdp.com)