Law360 Canada ( May 4, 2022, 6:33 AM EDT) -- Motion by Defendant Skyservice Business Aviation Inc. (“Skyservice”) to strike out all allegations in the Plaintiff’s Fresh as Amended Statement of Claim with respect to vicarious liability for sexual harassment, without leave to amend, on the basis that such allegations did not disclose a reasonable cause of action against Skyservice. The Plaintiff was an employee of Skyservice. Skyservice was a corporation incorporated under the laws of Ontario that provided private flight operations for corporations and individuals. The Defendant Bromby was the Vice-President of Sales at Skyservice. The Plaintiff’s claims against Skyservice were for vicarious liability for sexual assault and sexual harassment. She sought damages. Skyservice argued that the tort of vicarious liability for sexual harassment was not a recognized tort in Ontario. Skyservice’s position was that it was plain and obvious that the Plaintiff’s claim of vicarious liability for sexual harassment disclosed no civil cause of action and that, accordingly, it should be struck. The Plaintiff submitted that section 46.1 of the Ontario Human Rights Code (“Code”) permitted a claim for sexual harassment for additional damages in a civil court if another cause of action grounded the civil claim....