The plaintiff, a paralegal student, sued Mohawk College and several of its employees for defamation and negligence arising from emails sent by a community placement liaison regarding his past employment.
The individual college employees moved to strike the claims against them under Rule 21.01(1)(b).
The court granted the motion, finding the plaintiff failed to plead material facts establishing that the employees committed independent tortious acts or acted outside the scope of their employment.
The claims against the individual employees were struck without leave to amend.
