The defendant airline brought a motion to strike the plaintiffs' claims under Rule 21.01, arguing the claims were governed exclusively by the Montreal Convention as damages for 'delay'.
The plaintiffs had been denied boarding on an international flight because the airline mistakenly alleged one plaintiff's passport was stolen.
The court denied the airline's request to file evidentiary documents, as they were not incorporated into the statement of claim.
The court dismissed the motion to strike, finding it was not plain and obvious that the plaintiffs' claims constituted 'delay' rather than 'non-performance' of the contract of carriage, which falls outside the Montreal Convention.