"Michelle Bernard, a civil rights lawyer based in Washington, D.C., said she will submit two separate wrongful death claims on behalf of Boomer's family and Boomer's partner on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. One suit will name the City of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department, and the other will name the California Highway Patrol and the State of California.. California law requires that a wrongful death claim be filed within six months of an incident, or November 28, in this case."
"He was killed on May 28 while he was walking with his partner, Ta Ta Neshe Woodruff, who goes by Nina. That evening, the couple was strolling on a sidewalk on E. 21st Street, near Boomer's home in the San Antonio neighborhood, when an 18-year-old Oakland high school student named Eric Hernandez Garcia lost control of his car and careened into a fire hydrant. The teacher pushed Woodruff aside as the hydrant headed their way, and it killed him instantly."
Marvin Boomer’s family will file two wrongful-death claims naming the City of Oakland and Oakland Police Department in one claim and the California Highway Patrol and State of California in the other. Civil rights lawyer Michelle Bernard will submit the claims on behalf of Boomer’s family and his partner within California’s six-month wrongful-death claim deadline of November 28. Boomer, 39, was killed May 28 while walking with his partner when an 18-year-old driver lost control and struck a fire hydrant. The family and community fault the CHP for initiating a pursuit earlier; the Oakland claim will contend a dangerous pothole on E. 21st Street substantially contributed to the crash.
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