The plaintiff corporation sued former employees for alleged theft.
The corporation's principal was previously convicted of criminal harassment and extortion against the employees, with the criminal jury finding the alleged thefts did not occur.
The defendants moved to stay or dismiss the civil action as an abuse of process.
The court granted a temporary stay, finding the civil action was an impermissible collateral attack on the criminal verdict, which would become permanent pending the outcome of a Supreme Court of Canada leave application in a parallel proceeding.
