The defendants brought a motion to strike two statements of claim issued by the self-represented plaintiff, which alleged defamation and misrepresentation related to the transfer of cord blood samples.
The court struck the defamation claims without leave to amend, finding the allegedly defamatory statements were not made by the defendants and did not refer to the plaintiff.
The misrepresentation claims were struck with leave to amend for failing to plead material facts with sufficient particularity.
Several paragraphs were also struck as scandalous, frivolous, or vexatious.
The court ordered the two actions consolidated.
