Case information

Civil procedure — Quarrelsome conduct — Summary dismissal — Dismissal of appeal — Revocation of judgment — Whether Court of Appeal erred in law in its analysis of criteria by dismissing applicant’s appeal on basis that there was no reviewable error — Whether single judge of the Court of Appeal erred in law in dismissing applicant’s motion to revoke judgments of the Court of Appeal dismissing appeal from declaration of quarrelsomeness and denying permission to appeal from lower court’s summary dismissal of proceedings — Code of Civil Procedure, CQLR, c. C 25.01, art. 345.

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The applicant began civil litigation proceedings against several parties related to his involvement in a medical clerkship. His claims alleged discrimination, harassment and defamation seeking damages of over $3 million. The Superior Court declared the applicant to be quarrelsome and summarily dismissed his proceedings on the basis that they were abusive. A single judge of the Court of Appeal dismissed an application for permission to appeal from the first-instance judge’s decision to dismiss the proceedings. A panel of the Court of Appeal dismissed the applicant’s appeal from the declaration of quarrelsomeness.