Dulles Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Air Transit, Inc.

By JUDGE JAMES H. CHAMBLIN

This action has been brought by Dulles Mutual Benefit Association ("DMBA") and four individual plaintiffs against Air Transit, Incorporated ("Air Transit") for declaratory relief and money damages. The individual plaintiffs seek damages for an unlawful cancellation of a franchise under the Virginia Retail Franchising Act (Sections 13.1-557 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) and wrongful discharge, while DMBA seeks a declaratory judgment that certain taxicab owner/operator agreements made with Air Transit constitute franchises under the aforesaid Act. Air Transit has…