Kaci Hickox suing New Jersey over Ebola quarantine last year
Source: Bangor Daily News
Kaci Hickox, the former Fort Kent nurse who was quarantined in New Jersey after returning last year from treating patients suffering from the Ebola virus in Africa, is suing Gov. Chris Christie and then-Commissioner of Health Mary ODowd in federal court.
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey is working with two New York law firms, according to a press release issued Thursday by the ACLU of New Jersey.
The lawsuit claims that Hickox was held illegally and unconstitutionally against her will as part of a mandatory quarantine for anyone returning from certain West African Countries who treated patients with Ebola.
Hickox landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Oct. 24, 2014, en route home to Maine from West Africa, the release said. She was ordered to be held against her will despite showing no symptoms and engaging in no activities in Sierra Leone that would have put her at a high risk for contracting Ebola.
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Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)the Crispy Critter picked on the wrong woman!!! Go Keri.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)According to the linked article, they made her stay in a tent they set up in a parking garage. What? No FEMA trailers?
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)I suspect this will quickly be settled quietly out of court.