Judge Dismisses West Covina as Defendant in Deadly Pursuit Suit
Having already dismissed the city of Baldwin Park as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by relatives of a Covina couple killed during a police pursui...
Having already dismissed the city of Baldwin Park as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by relatives of a Covina couple killed during a police pursuit, a judge has now done the same with the city of West Covina.The plaintiffs, all family members of the late Edward Louie Contreras and Gracie Contreras, have alleged the negligent actions of three police agencies and the driver they were trying to pull over led to the 2019 deaths in West Covina.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel M. Crowley issued a final ruling Tuesday granting the city of Baldwin Park's motion to be dropped from the case, which also named as defendants the city of West Covina, the state and Salvador Gomez, the alleged driver of the car that was being chased.