The defendant former employee moved to strike the plaintiffs' statement of claim without leave to amend.
The plaintiffs, a dentist and his practice, alleged the defendant defamed them and sabotaged their computers during her brief employment.
The court struck the poorly drafted statement of claim but granted the plaintiffs leave to amend, finding that tenable causes of action for defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and conspiracy were possible on the facts alleged.
The plaintiffs were ordered to pay $9,000 in costs for delivering a deficient pleading.
