The Brief
- A woman who was attacked last year at a Daly City shopping center has filed a lawsuit against the property’s owners, the restaurant she was visiting when she was attacked, and the security company hired to monitor the premises.
- Nicole Malouf suffered a traumatic brain injury and a fractured orbital socket, the impacts of which she is coping with even a year later.
- Her lawsuit alleges that the assault occurred because all three plaintiffs failed in their duty to ensure visitors were safe.
DALY CITY, Calif. – A woman who was attacked at the Westlake Shopping Center last October has filed a lawsuit alleging the property’s owner, among others, failed to maintain adequate safety measures.
Nicole Malouf was attacked outside Nation’s Giant Hamburgers, where she had stopped to pick up dinner. She was allegedly punched and kicked in the face and body, and escaped her attacker by crawling into the eatery. Her attacker, Marc Bauda, was later arrested and arraigned on several felony charges, including attempted carjacking and assault.
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