Ramirez v. City of Gardena

*899*814Mark Gamar was a passenger in a pickup truck that was the subject of a pursuit by police officers employed by the City of Gardena (the City) on February 15, 2015. Gamar died from injuries he sustained when the truck spun into a street light pole after one of the officers bumped the left rear of the truck with the right front of his vehicle to stop the truck using a maneuver called a "Pursuit Intervention Technique" (PIT). Plaintiff and appellant Irma Ramirez, Gamar's mother, filed a wrongful death suit against the City, claiming that the officer acted negligently and committed battery in…