Post by Logan on Jan 16, 2016 23:43:55 GMT -6
NJ Gov. Chris Christie, others ask for Kaci Hickox lawsuit to be thrown out
TRENTON, New Jersey — Gov. Chris Christie and other public health officials who are defendants in a federal lawsuit filed by Kaci Hickox, the nurse who lived in Fort Kent and was quarantined in New Jersey after returning from treating patients with Ebola in Africa during 2014, are asking the lawsuit be dismissed.
“On her return to the U.S., four separate readings revealed that she had an elevated temperature,” states the 60-page motion to dismiss filed Friday by New Jersey Deputy Attorney General Benjamin H. Zieman on behalf of John J. Hoffman, Acting Attorney General for New Jersey. “Public health officials, acting in the same best traditions of their profession, properly had her quarantined.”
Hickox filed the federal lawsuit in October, claiming she 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. Her attorneys claim Christie, then-Commissioner of Health Mary O’Dowd and other New Jersey health officials imprisoned her illegally through the quarantine. The complaint also said Christie, who is running for President, made false statements about Hickox’s health and implied she had symptoms of Ebola. Hickox has said Christie’s decision to quarantine her was based on fear, not science, and was politically motivated.
“There’s no question that the woman is ill, the question is what is her illness,” Christie said, according to the court document. “It’s not definitive — at least it was not definitive the last time I checked, which was about three hours ago when I called.”
Continue reading at bangordailynews.com/2016/01/16/news/nation/nj-gov-chris-christie-others-ask-for-kaci-hickox-lawsuit-to-be-thrown-out/ .
TRENTON, New Jersey — Gov. Chris Christie and other public health officials who are defendants in a federal lawsuit filed by Kaci Hickox, the nurse who lived in Fort Kent and was quarantined in New Jersey after returning from treating patients with Ebola in Africa during 2014, are asking the lawsuit be dismissed.
“On her return to the U.S., four separate readings revealed that she had an elevated temperature,” states the 60-page motion to dismiss filed Friday by New Jersey Deputy Attorney General Benjamin H. Zieman on behalf of John J. Hoffman, Acting Attorney General for New Jersey. “Public health officials, acting in the same best traditions of their profession, properly had her quarantined.”
Hickox filed the federal lawsuit in October, claiming she 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. Her attorneys claim Christie, then-Commissioner of Health Mary O’Dowd and other New Jersey health officials imprisoned her illegally through the quarantine. The complaint also said Christie, who is running for President, made false statements about Hickox’s health and implied she had symptoms of Ebola. Hickox has said Christie’s decision to quarantine her was based on fear, not science, and was politically motivated.
“There’s no question that the woman is ill, the question is what is her illness,” Christie said, according to the court document. “It’s not definitive — at least it was not definitive the last time I checked, which was about three hours ago when I called.”
Continue reading at bangordailynews.com/2016/01/16/news/nation/nj-gov-chris-christie-others-ask-for-kaci-hickox-lawsuit-to-be-thrown-out/ .