Thirdly, the plaintiff argues that his cause of action arises in tort for the intentional infliction of nervous shock. In Lew v. Mount Saint Joseph Hospital Society (1997), 36 C.C.L.T. (2d) 35 (B.C. S.C. [In Chambers]), Henderson J. on an application to strike a statement of claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action stated at p. 37, para. 5: It is clear that liability will be imposed where information is conveyed with the actual or imputed intention to cause nervous shock and nervous shock results: Wilkinson v. Downton [1897] 2 Q.B. 57.
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