Kaci Hickox, the nurse who was quarantined in New Jersey despite showing no symptoms of Ebola, was released from the quarantine this week. The nurse had been treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone and was placed into mandatory quarantine upon her return to the U.S. via Newark airport.
Hickox described her experience as “inhumane” and “completely unacceptable,” and has hired prominent civil rights attorney to represent her in a federal lawsuit. Does Hickox have a case? Here, legal voices sound off on Twitter:
Quarantined nurse hires civil-rights lawyer for legal challenge; does she have a case? http://t.co/XKAuXxBji5
— ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) October 27, 2014
Scholars debate legality of New Jersey's Ebola quarantine policy. http://t.co/kz68jcfNNV
— WSJ Law Blog (@WSJLawBlog) October 27, 2014
Prof. @MichelleM_Mello explains balance courts must take in #Ebola lawsuits related to quarantines: http://t.co/s7J8DbrE1k via @Reuters
— StanfordLaw (@StanfordLaw) October 28, 2014
The nurse being unnecessarily quarantined for Ebola is now threatening to sue http://t.co/WchFcpAhE3 pic.twitter.com/8HxkMvLfPY
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) October 27, 2014
Nurse Kaci Hickox threatened a federal lawsuit over her Ebola quarantine. Does she have a claim? http://t.co/wwgAz6iCjp
— Constitution Center (@ConstitutionCtr) October 28, 2014