The couple had “emphatically requested … an explicit commitment” from a nanny to work up until the beginning of December. However, their nanny quit abruptly via email in October.

David Aaron and Gloria Garofalo’s lawsuit in the B.C. Supreme Court states that they’re seeking damages as, without appropriate child care, David is unable to fully pursue his professional duties as a lawyer in the field of class actions and administrative law.

They’re also suing for punitive damages because of an 'egregious disregard for the interests of the children.’

In the lawsuit, which was filed 10 days after receiving Roisin Murphy’s “abrupt and groundless” resignation email, the parents have claimed that “she didn’t say goodbye to the children.”

They explain that Murphy's commitment to stay until December “protected the emotional interests of the children in opening up, trusting and bonding to a child-care provider without disruption and without broken bonds and expectations.”

Murphy had begun working full-time as a nanny to David and Gloria’s two children, aged four and two, on September 14.

The parents have claimed that their children did “trust and tenderly bond with the defendant.”

Just over a month into the job, on October 18, Murphy informed the parents that she may be coming down with a cold and was told to go home for the day as a precaution against giving her cold to the children.

The claim says that “the stay home sick request was communicated verbally by the plaintiff Aaron in the presence of the children in a manner that was caring, courteous and professional.”

However, the following Sunday, Murphy resigned without notice, citing “the stay home sick request” as the reason, according to the lawsuit.

It also claims that Murphy’s abrupt resignation has left the children feeling “abandoned” by someone with whom “they had formed a bond of trust and reliance, as well as an expectation of ongoing connection and care.”