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According to a legal opinion, AUVA boss Alexander Bernart is under heavy fire for the closure of the Lorenz Böhler Hospital.(Bild: Martin Jöchl)

Legal experts see arguments for the immediate dismissal of AUVA Director General Alexander Bernart and perhaps even a case for the criminal courts. Bernart's office fires back sharply and declares that they do not want to "talk about responsibility" now.

AUVA boss Alexander Bernart has already threatened critical employees with immediate dismissal because they have damaged the "reputation of the AUVA" by passing on information to the outside world, which they are not allowed to do according to their employment contract. The Central Works Council then decided to turn the tables in the battle for the Böhler hospital: A legal opinion was commissioned in which lawyers were to answer the question of whether Bernart in particular was not damaging the AUVA's reputation. The expert opinion is now available.