The defendants brought motions to strike portions of the plaintiff's statement of claim relating to negligence, defamation, and intentional infliction of mental suffering.
The plaintiff, an employee of a children's aid society and a grandmother to children involved in a protection investigation, alleged the defendants caused her harm through their handling of the case.
The court struck the negligence claim without leave to amend, finding no duty of care is owed by a children's aid society to a family member.
The defamation and intentional infliction of mental suffering claims were struck with leave to amend due to insufficient pleading of material facts.
The court declined to anonymize the pleadings or dismiss the action against one defendant based on statutory immunity at this preliminary stage.
