Super Car Service

A charter transit firm Tuesday asked for $560,000 to cover damages it says it suffered after a competitor, Valley Cab Co., launched a bruising campaign in 1988 to drive it out of business--including citizen's arrests of its drivers. The claim was submitted by Super Car Service, a North Hollywood-based firm, in a hearing before Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Marvin D. Rowen. Rowen is reviewing the claim.

For workers at Super Car Service, the taste of revenge was bittersweet. A Van Nuys Superior Court judge awarded the North Hollywood-based charter transit firm and two of its employees about $21,000 for business losses suffered following an unofficial "sting" operation staged by its competitor, Valley Cab Co.

For workers at Super Car Service, the taste of revenge was bittersweet. A Van Nuys Superior Court judge awarded the North Hollywood-based charter transit firm and two of its employees about $21,000 for business losses suffered following an unofficial "sting" operation staged by its competitor, Valley Cab Co.

A charter transit firm Tuesday asked for $560,000 to cover damages it says it suffered after a competitor, Valley Cab Co., launched a bruising campaign in 1988 to drive it out of business--including citizen's arrests of its drivers. The claim was submitted by Super Car Service, a North Hollywood-based firm, in a hearing before Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Marvin D. Rowen. Rowen is reviewing the claim.

With the citizen arrests made and the handcuffs put away, with the undercover photographs taken and the "sting" operation shelved, there still appears to be no resolution in sight to the festering taxicab war in the San Fernando Valley. The clash has pitted the Valley Cab Co., holder of an exclusive Los Angeles taxi service franchise for the Valley, against Super Car Service, a small, upstart company that holds a charter car service permit from the state.