Is there any case law that allows a plaintiff to plead both an intentional tort of negligence and an unintentional tort of intentional negligence?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lee v. Magna International Inc. et al., 2020 ONSC 3912 (CanLII):
Magna also raises the concern that pleading both an intentional tort and an unintentional tort of negligence are inconsistent, noting that the law treats different classes of torts differently depending upon the degree of knowledge and intention: Piresferreira v. Ayotte, 2010 ONCA 384.
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