Does the fact that a defamation claim does not set forth a reasonable cause of action concerning malicious prosecution taint the plea of defamation?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lowenberg v Oderbien, 2000 CanLII 21149 (MB QB):
As these matters have not been pleaded paragraph 4 is struck in its reference to malicious prosecution. The fact that the claim does not set forth a reasonable cause of action concerning malicious prosecution does not taint the plea of defamation (Grosvenor v. White [1989] 61 L.T. 663).
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