Desert Cab Inc. v. Marino

*34OPINION

THE FACTS

On October 6, 1986, respondent Maria Marino (“Marino”), a cab driver with Yellow-Checker Cab Company (“Yellow-Checker Cab”), and appellant James Edwards (“Edwards”), a cab driver with appellant Desert Cab Company (“Desert Cab”), parked their cabs at the taxicab stand of the Sundance Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to await fares. Marino’s cab occupied the first position in the line and Edwards occupied the third. As Marino stood alongside her cab conversing with the driver of another taxi, Edwards began verbally harassing her from inside his cab. When Marino approached Edwards…