The defendant employer brought a motion to strike paragraphs from the plaintiff's wrongful dismissal statement of claim that referred to a settlement offer and subsequent communications.
The plaintiff argued the communications were not privileged or, alternatively, fell under the exception for pleading bad faith.
The court found the communications were protected by settlement privilege and that the plaintiff's bad faith claim lacked an air of reality, as the dispute centered on a genuine disagreement over contract interpretation.
The motion to strike was largely granted.
