Psychiatrist Pierre Mailloux has again failed in his attempt to take his case to the Supreme Court.
The supreme court actually refused, Thursday, to hear the appeal of a Superior Court decision, which denied the lawsuit worth just over $ 10 million that the psychiatrist wanted to file against the College of Physicians, a decision subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal.
ang Dr. MaillouxSi, a controversial media personality, is seeking redress for the harassment he said he suffered from his professional command in connection with disciplinary complaints related to ethics issues.
In February 2021, Judge Robert Dufresne, of the Superior Court, agreed with the College of Physicians asking him to dismiss the lawsuit. Judge Dufresne considered the psychiatrist’s action abusive.
The magistrate also ruled that the case had no chance of succeeding because of the immunity enjoyed by the College syndicate and the absence of allegations of bad faith.
Moreover, he argued that the matter had exceeded the limit periods and that Drs.
The second decline
In May 2021, the Court of Appeal refused to hear the case and dismissed the motion for leave to appeal. The three -judge court ruled that Judge Dufresne had no error in law and no error in assessing the facts.
This is the second time the supreme court has refused to hear the psychiatrist. In November 2017, the Supreme Court also upheld a similar denial, a decision of the Court of Appeal, which itself upheld a decision of the Tribunal des professions which, also, endorsed with some nuances a Disciplinary decision Board. of the College of Physicians.
In other words, the psychiatrist four times failed to reverse his disbarment associated with a series of disciplinary violations, some of which were linked to his controversial statements targeting black people on the show. Everyone is talking about itin 2005.
He was also fined $ 20,000.
Source: Radio-Canada
