Legal battle in San Marcos leads to $475K cyber swindle and new case law

Legal battle in San Marcos leads to $475K cyber swindle and new case law

A gavel. (File photo courtesy of UC Berkeley Law) It started with a fight at the Cow Shed Bar & Grill in San Marcos.  It ended up creating precedent-setting law for California.   But on the way to a court’s decision, an ingenious fraud netted almost half a million dollars.    The battle at the Cow Shed led to a lawsuit, with the customer alleging that he had been seriously injured during his altercation with two restaurant employees. The custome…