The defendants moved to strike several corporate defendants from a wrongful dismissal action on the basis that the statement of claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action against them.
The plaintiff alleged she was employed by a group of related corporations operating collectively and that they wrongfully dismissed her and withheld personal property.
Applying the test for striking pleadings, the court held that the pleadings and incorporated documents sufficiently alleged a common employer relationship among the corporate defendants.
It was not plain and obvious that the claim against the additional defendants had no reasonable prospect of success.
The motion to strike was therefore dismissed.
