Filed counterclaim in wrongful dismissal action, then abandoned it
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An Ontario employer must pay a fired worker more than $800,000 in costs in addition to $700,000 in damages because of its meritless counterclaim and behaviour during a wrongful dismissal proceeding, the Ontario Superior Court has ruled.