The plaintiff, Ontario, brought a motion for leave to amend its statement of claim to increase damages, provide further particulars of alleged kickback schemes, and add additional defendants in a civil fraud action.
The defendants and proposed added defendants opposed the motion, arguing the proposed amendments lacked particularity, used vague 'and/or' formulations, and failed to meet the minimum level of material fact disclosure.
The court agreed that several proposed paragraphs were deficient as they did not clearly identify which allegations were made against which specific defendants.
The motion was dismissed, but the plaintiff was granted leave to renew its motion with a properly drafted amended pleading.
