Luethi v. Yellow Cab Co.

Plaintiff, Marietta Luehti, brought this personal injury action for injuries she allegedly sustained when the vehicle in which she was riding, owned by defendant Yellow Cab Company, Inc., and driven by Yellow Cab’s lessee, defendant Peter Nikolos, ran off the road. The circuit court struck plaintiff’s two-count complaint on defendant Yellow Cab’s motion, with leave to plaintiff to file an amended complaint within 28 days. Just prior to that hearing plaintiff had filed an amended count against Yellow Cab. After the hearing plaintiff filed an amended count seeking damages solely from defendant…