Stokes v. Association of Independent Taxi Operators, Inc.

The question presented by this appeal is whether a wife, a paying passenger in a taxicab operated by her husband, may re cover from his employer for the injuries she sustained as the result of the negligent operation of the cab.

The Baltimore City Court (Jones, J.) entered a summary judgment for costs in favor of the defendant (Association of Independent Taxi Operators) against the plaintiff (Dorothy Stokes) and this appeal was taken. The judgment will be affirmed.

On the day of the accident, the husband was driving his wife to work in the cab he was operating pursuant to his working…