Shortly thereafter, the private charges brought by the doctors and the application under the Media Act were withdrawn. The court said that both the civil and the criminal proceedings were settled.
The civil case was about the revocation and omission of said statement by the local politician. According to the medical association, an unconditional comparison has been made, the local politician has to pay 2,000 euros. The money will be donated, according to the medical association. The criminal trial was initially planned for Monday. The criminal case concerns the private indictment of 14 doctors for defamation and compensation under the Media Act. This lawsuit is now off the table, the hearing was cleared.
The reason for the MFG politician’s comment was a flash mob in which the staff of oö. State and religious hospitals had presented signs with calls for corona vaccination. After the incident in October last year, the local politician retracted her statement about two weeks later, but the judicial aftermath followed.
Source: Nachrichten
