Hosein v. Checker Taxi Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, administrator of the estate of Kadir Hosein, brought a wrongful death action (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 70, par. 1 etseq.) sounding in negligence against Checker Taxi Company (hereinafter Checker), alleging that Hosein had leased a taxicab from Checker and was killed during the operation of that cab on April 21, 1978, when one or two passengers shot him. The complaint alleged that Checker owed a duty of due care, arising either from common law principles or from section 12 — 605 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev.…