The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and a New York firm filed the federal civil rights lawsuit in Newark for Kaci Hickox.
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The lawsuit, backed by the ACLU of New Jersey, alleges that these officials violated her fourth amendment right be free of unreasonable seizure as well as her Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, and that they subjected her to false imprisonment, invaded her privacy and cast her in a false light, referring to Christie’s public statements at the time implying that she was sick with Ebola. Hickox is seeking at least $250,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.
“Ebola is a public health issue and it should be driven by science and fact”, Ofer said.
A handful of states imposed mandatory quarantines on health workers returning from three Ebola-ravaged West African countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. She was stopped when she arrived at Newark Liberty worldwide airport and questioned over several hours before being sent to stay in quarantine in a tent outside of a hospital in Newark, despite having no symptoms of the disease.
“I felt like I was being manipulated”.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A nurse who’s suing over being quarantined in New Jersey says there are no plans to bring a similar lawsuit in Maine. “It was so hard. I felt completely alone and completely vulnerable and I was scared”. The Republican governor was considering a run for president and has since jumped in the race.
United intends to request the flights once an agreement is reached between the nations under which airlines can apply to begin commercial air service, United spokesman Rahsaan Johnson said Wednesday.
Mr Christie said a year ago he was doing his duty to keep people safe. In response to a question about possible legal action stemming from the quarantine, he said, “I’ve been sued lots of times before”.
However, Mr. Degnan’s letter came after a Port Authority board meeting in New York on Thursday during which the board decided that U.S. Customs and Border Protection, not the Port Authority, gets the final say on whether the flights can go ahead. “I’m happy to take it on”.
The state Health Department also said it couldn’t comment on pending litigation.
While she didn’t have a fever when her temperature was first taken, she said a medical staffer using a temporal scanner told her she did have a fever.
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While she was in quarantine at the hospital, the suit states, she continued to show a normal temperature when officials used an oral thermometer, while a temporal scanning thermometer being used there showed higher readings.
