Before any permit shall be issued under this article to any
owner or operator of a taxicab, or before any renewal of the permit
shall be granted, the owner or operator shall be required to file
with the chief of police, and thereafter keep in full force and effect,
a liability policy in a form approved by the state department of insurance,
issued by an insurance company duly authorized to transact liability
insurance in the state, covering bodily injuries and injury to or
destruction of property resulting from the operation of such vehicle
or vehicles.
(2000 Code, sec. 7-271; Ordinance
adopting Code)
The public liability insurance required by this division shall
be for the protection of the passengers of the insured taxicab and
for the public, but shall not cover personal injuries sustained by
the servants, agents or employees of the person filing the insurance.
(2000 Code, sec. 7-273)
All policies of public liability insurance required by this
division shall contain a provision for a continuing liability thereon
up to the full amount thereof, notwithstanding any recovery thereon.
(2000 Code, sec. 7-274)
In the event of the return unsatisfied of any execution issued
on any final judgment rendered against any taxicab owner in any suit
for damages on account of injury to person or property occasioned
by the operation of any taxicab, such owner, within ten (10) days
after the return of such execution unsatisfied, provided the judgment
is still unpaid, shall increase the amount of his insurance by the
amount of such judgment, and failing to do so shall forthwith cease
the operation of taxicabs in the city until such additional insurance
is deposited or such judgment is paid.
(2000 Code, sec. 7-275)
Neither the city nor any officer thereof shall be held liable
for the pecuniary responsibility or solvency of any insurer under
the provisions of this article, or in any manner become liable for
any sum on account of any such claim or act or omission relating to
the insured vehicle. Nor shall the liability of the owner of any such
vehicle be in any manner limited or changed by reason of the provisions
of this article, but the judgment creditors having causes of action
secured thereby shall be authorized to sue directly on such policy
of insurance without impleading the city. All persons known to have
been injured or damaged in the same accident and claiming damages
thereunder may be made parties without priority of claim on payment
in any suit had or instituted on account of such matters.
(2000 Code, sec. 7-277)