What is the standard of pleading in a personal injury action where there are several causes of action against multiple parties?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sidhu v Popat, 2019 BCSC 1334 (CanLII):
The defendants say that when several causes of action are being alleged against multiple parties, the pleading must clearly identify what facts relate to which cause of action and to which party. It is inappropriate, they say, to lump defendants together and make blanket allegations against them as a group, unless those defendants were in an identical relationship with the plaintiff. Such a pleading, say the defendants, may be struck for, amongst other things, failing to clearly define the issues of fact and law that are to be determined by the court and/or for being vexatious: Wang v. Epoch Press Ltd., 2017 BCSC 136.
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