SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mother of a woman fatally mauled at her apartment door by two large dogs filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the couple who were in charge of the animals.

Penny Whipple-Kelly's lawsuit names Robert Noel and Marjorie Knoller, as well as the owner and manager of the apartment building where her 33-year-old daughter, Diane Whipple, lived.

Knoller faces charges of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter for the Jan. 26 incident. Noel faces charges of involuntary manslaughter. Both are in jail but have denied wrongdoing, instead suggesting Whipple may have been to blame for her death.

"I hope that they're prosecuted to the full extent of the law because they killed my daughter," said Whipple-Kelly, who lives in Connecticut. "I find their behavior reprehensible."

The suit does not ask for specific damages, but Whipple-Kelly's attorney Ronald Rouda called them "enormous." His client said any award would support a nonprofit women's lacrosse foundation created in honor of Whipple, a college lacrosse coach.

Rouda said he expected to combine the case with a similar suit filed by Sharon Smith, Whipple's domestic partner. Under California law, only legal heirs such as spouses, children and parents can sue for wrongful death, but Smith wants to change that precedent.

Rouda said the apartment building's owners ignored complaints about the dogs' "aggressive and dangerous" behavior.

Landlord Rudolph Koppl and Marina Green Properties don't have listed telephone numbers and couldn't be reached for comment.