Anderson v. Yellow Cab Co.

The plaintiff, Lois Anderson, was shot when a gun in the pocket of a passenger discharged as she entered a Yellow cab. She sued the passenger, Leon Joiner, the driver of the cab, John Hearns, the Yellow Cab Company and certain dram shop defendants for damages. Courts I and II of her complaint which alleged the negligence of Hearns and the cab company were dismissed for failure to state a cause of action and the plaintiff appealed.

The plaintiff concedes that Count II of her complaint did not state a cause of action. She also concedes that one of the points raised in her brief, that Hearns…