The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a proliferation of motions, generally by plaintiffs, to strike jury notices in personal injury cases so that trials can proceed virtually and on schedule. While decisions on such motions have gone both ways, depending on the facts and location of each case, timely access to justice is a recurring theme in each one. However, a recent decision out of Belleville may prompt a different kind of motion to strike a jury notice, one that targets cost effective access to justice…