After being terminated as CEO of the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) on Monday, Dr. Paul Woods has filed a $2.5-million lawsuit.
Woods was let go from his place by the hospital board after information broke final week that he had made 5 journeys to go to household within the United State in the course of the pandemic regardless of public well being suggestions urging folks to not journey.
International Information obtained a duplicate of the assertion of declare from Woods’s lawyer Michael Wright.
Within the assertion of declare, Woods is looking for $1.4-million for ‘the unhealthy religion termination’ within the quantity equal to his base wage, performance-based compensation, advantages, and pension for the interval from Jan. 10, 2021, to Jan. 14, 2023.
He’s additionally looking for a declaration that the defendants defamed him, an extra $1-million in damages for lack of popularity, $100,000 for breach of the Ontario Human Rights Code, and protection of all authorized bills.
Woods additionally claims he knowledgeable board Chair Amy Walby of his proposed journey plans and that he had her approval.
The board had mentioned Friday that it was “conscious Dr. Woods continued to journey for private causes given the separation from his rapid household.”
In Monday’s assertion, the board clarified that whereas it was “conscious of Dr. Woods’s private circumstances,” it was not given superior discover of, nor did it approve, Woods’s journey outdoors of Canada.
The assertion of declare additionally contains copies of emails between Woods through which Walby responded to Woods’s plans to go to the U.S. by saying:
“I believe it’s affordable to afford some capability to see family members at the price of working remotely for two weeks, so long as it isn’t too frequent. One go to each two months appears to hit the mark as a (painful) compromise. I help what you must do on this. I don’t assume the Board must approve however we may give them a heads up.”
Woods who’s a Canadian citizen additionally holds everlasting residency standing in the US.
The assertion of declare mentioned none of Woods’s rapid household resides in London, Ont., together with his fiance, daughter and former partner, who all reside in Michigan.
On March 21, 2020, when the federal governments of Canadian and the US restricted all non-essential journey throughout the land border, the assertion mentioned Woods, as a everlasting resident of the U.S., was exempt from that restriction and that he didn’t take that call “flippantly.”
International Information has reached out to the LHSC for touch upon this story.
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