This page within Virginia Tort Case Law is a compilation of cases reported by the Virginia Supreme Court and summarized by Brien Roche dealing with the topic of Contract Carrier and the related topic of vehicle accident. For more information on contract carriers see the page on Wikipedia.
Contract Carrier-Cases
1961 Finck v. Brock, 202 Va. 948, 121 S.E.2d 373. Defendant owned private bus, operated to transport plaintiff and other workmen to and from their place of employment. Bus was operated by fellow workman and riders paid $3.00 per week. This service was that of contract carrier and not common carrier and thus standard of care is ordinary care.
