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Cab company not liable for driver shot to death by passenger

The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled a cab company wasn't responsible for the death of a driver after he was shot by a passenger.

The court dismissed Agnes Christine Terry's case against a cab company after her husband was murdered.

According to the ruling, Morris canceled the dispatched taxi after the man changed his location to a place Morris knew was closed. Morris then warned nearby taxi companies about the caller.

A dispatcher got a call from a man who "troubling" phone calls , when Ambrister was working. The dispatcher assigned Ambrister to pick him up. Shortly after the man got in the car, he fatally shot Ambrister three times.

Read the source article at Legal Newsline

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