In a medical negligence action, the self-represented plaintiff brought a broad motion seeking numerous forms of relief including adding additional defendants, converting the action into a class proceeding, increasing damages, obtaining injunctive relief against the defendant physician and his counsel, and compelling production of various medical records.
The court denied the plaintiff’s adjournment request and deemed the motion abandoned when the plaintiff failed to appear.
The judge held that, even if the motion had proceeded, most requested relief lacked evidentiary support or was legally unavailable, including claims against opposing counsel and a proposed wrongful death claim barred by limitation under the Trustee Act.
On the defendant’s motion, the court struck several paragraphs of the statement of claim as irrelevant or containing improper pleadings under Rule 25.06(1) of the Rules of Civil Procedure and issued directions regarding document disclosure, service, and litigation timelines.
