Dr. Brian Nadler and two of his family members have initiated a lawsuit against Hawkesbury and District General Hospital (HGH).
According to a CBC report on Thursday, July 4, Nadler is suing HGH for $20 million in damages for alleged defamation, abuse of process, and conspiracy, accusing HGH staff of making an abrupt, erroneous and defamatory decision to involve police. Nadler, who was working at HGH at the time, was charged with First-Degree murder in March 2021 in connection with the death of 89-year-old HGH patient Albert Poidinger. Police later laid three additional charges of First-Degree murder connected to the deaths of 80-year-old Claire Brière, 79-year-old Lorraine Lalande and 93-year-old Judith Lungulescu.
On July 2, Nadler was acquitted of the murder charges, and of four charges of Criminal Negligence Causing Death due to inadmissible evidence during the pre-trial proceedings.
The lawsuit, filed in April 2023, also names Nadler’s mother Susan Epstein and his sister Erica Nadler as plaintiffs.
HGH has declined to comment about the lawsuit to The Review.
