LOS ANGELES — The parents and six children of a man who died of a heart attack during an encounter with California Highway Patrol officers are suing the state and two CHP officers for wrongful death, alleging officials misled them by saying his death was accidental.
The relatives of the late Dominick Alvarado, 33, who lived in Beaumont, all live in Riverside County: his father and mother, Filiberto Alvarado and Shalymmar Pool, as well as his half-dozen minor offspring. Their Jan. 2 Los...