A cab driver has filed suit against Yellow Cab Company Limited, alleging that the company illegally repossessed his share of a cab.
Cab driver Sukhpal Singh Dhillon of Surrey filed suit February 24 in BC Supreme Court, claiming that Yellow Cab has breached a co-operator agreement with Dhillon by repossessing and taking control of the plaintiff's share in a taxi, without paying him any revenue.
Dhillon claims that he paid $162,800 in 2004 to buy rights to a night shift in a particular cab.
The plaintiff claims that the then entered into a Yellow Cab co-ownership agreement with Yellow Cab parent company Metropolitan Cab Company Limited as well as the share holder of the cab's day shift.
Dhillon claims that, to finance the share purchase, he took out a Royal Bank of Canada loan of approximately $65,000.
The plaintiff claims that on or about January 2010, he was unable to operate the taxi and hired services of another driver to drive it at night. The court document notes that the driver was required to fill up daily sheets of revenues earned during the shift.
"Unfortunately," it states, "the driver hired by the plaintiff did not submit accurate sheets and as a result the control of the taxi was taken over by the company."
It further contends that Yellow Cab employed its own driver on the taxi and never paid the plaintiff any revenue earned by the company through the driver.
The claims adds that on February 18, 2010, elections at Yellow Cab resulted in new management.
"As soon as the new management took over, the new management paid off the loan with Royal Bank of Canada without any authority from the plaintiff and took the full control of the taxi owned by the plaintiff," it alleges.
Dhillon claims that Yellow Cab had no authority to pay off the loan or take control of the taxi. He is seeking release and return of the taxi, damages, and losses resulting from the cab takeover.
None of these allegations has been proven.
As of press time, no statement of response had been filed. •
