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BREAKING: Judge eases some restrictions on Maine nurse being monitored for Ebola
Press Herald ^ | 10/31/2014 | David Hench

Posted on 10/31/2014 9:50:13 AM PDT by GIdget2004

A judge issued a new ruling Friday that removes some of the restrictions placed on Kaci Hickox, the nurse who the state has been trying to quarantine since she returned to Maine earlier this week.

David Soley, a partner in the Maine law firm Bernstein Shur, which is representing Hickox, said that the judge issued a moving oral decision that sets conditions for Hickox that she has intended to follow all along.

The new restrictions call for direct active monitoring of her condition, coordination of travel with public officials and a requirement that the state be alerted as soon as Hickox develops symptoms, Soley said. It does not prevent her from leaving her house or being in contact with other people.

The new rules will be in place until a full hearing on the state’s petition, which is scheduled for Tuesday – Election Day.

“The judge issued a very beautiful and moving order in the case. I listened with tears in my eyes,” Soley said.

“He said basically we wouldn’t be here today but for a woman who cared for and comforted people who are stricken with a terrible disease,” Soley said, referring to Chief District Court Judge Charles LaVerdiere’s oral decision. “He was aware of misconceptions and bad science being spread from shore to shore.”

“The judge said people are taking actions out of fear that is not rational and inappropriate,” Soley said.

(Excerpt) Read more at pressherald.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: ebola; kacihickox; maine
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1 posted on 10/31/2014 9:50:13 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

What ‘restrictions’?.....she apparently doesn’t have any......................


2 posted on 10/31/2014 9:53:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: GIdget2004

Of course he would. Wanna put bets on what party he belongs to?


3 posted on 10/31/2014 9:57:11 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, she is free to infect as many people as possible unless she restricts herself.


4 posted on 10/31/2014 9:57:36 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: GIdget2004

When the crap really does hit the fan, this country is in trouble.


5 posted on 10/31/2014 9:59:06 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: b4its2late

Was this judges ruling a trick or a treat?


6 posted on 10/31/2014 9:59:35 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: GIdget2004

The law firm he works at is a Real Estate Litigation Group. He regularly represents entrepreneurs and property owners in disputes over boundaries, titles, easements, mortgage priorities, partitions, purchase and sale agreements and other real estate issues. LOL.


7 posted on 10/31/2014 10:00:22 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: GIdget2004

house her at the judges house or with his grandkids.


8 posted on 10/31/2014 10:01:04 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Blue Jays
My bet is when there is a "sudden change of heart" it is because certain people get visited by microscope-wielding IRS agents who hint that they intend to use them for an audit.
9 posted on 10/31/2014 10:02:01 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: GIdget2004

How about she move in with you, judgie wudgie?


10 posted on 10/31/2014 10:02:26 AM PDT by bramps (Go West America!)
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To: b4its2late

She should be forgotten and ignored.

It looks like she was nothing more than a set up like Sandra Fluke and its pretty unlikely she had any contact with Ebola patients in Africa.


11 posted on 10/31/2014 10:02:45 AM PDT by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: morphing libertarian

oooops. Sorry.


12 posted on 10/31/2014 10:02:54 AM PDT by bramps (Go West America!)
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To: GIdget2004

What the hell is going to happen if we do get a serious outbreak? Will any state have to power to prevent infected people from infecting others?


13 posted on 10/31/2014 10:04:59 AM PDT by Truth is a Weapon (Truth, it hurts so good.)
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To: Red Badger

Contributor Occupation Date Amount Recipient
SOLEY, DAVID A
PORTLAND, ME 04104 CONSULTANT 10/16/03 $500 Maine Democratic State Cmte (D)
SOLEY, DAVID A
PORTLAND, ME 04104 BERNSTEIN SHUR 10/10/12 $1,000 King, Angus (I)
SOLEY, DAVID A
PORTLAND, ME 04104 BERNSTEIN SHUR 5/11/12 $1,000 King, Angus (I)
SOLEY, DAVID A
PORTLAND, ME 04104 INFORMATION REQUESTED 11/13/03 $250 Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte (D)


14 posted on 10/31/2014 10:05:02 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: cripplecreek

That’s prolly how it’ll play out.


15 posted on 10/31/2014 10:06:20 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: GIdget2004

Just what we need...lawyers making medical decisions.


16 posted on 10/31/2014 10:11:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamophobia;The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: cripplecreek

I agree...She’s another Fluke.....no pun intended....but I’ll take it!!


17 posted on 10/31/2014 10:13:17 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: GIdget2004

This story neglects to mention that the state of Maine argued that her roommate in Africa tested positive for Ebola, but doesn’t know how she got infected.
http://wagmtv.com/state-of-maine-document-reports-kaci-hickoxs-roommate-in-africa-developed-ebola/


18 posted on 10/31/2014 10:13:43 AM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Blue Highway

We have found the, ‘weakest-link’...


19 posted on 10/31/2014 10:13:54 AM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: GIdget2004
"Judge" - it's always some liberal "judge."

Homosexuality, bestiality, pornography, and letting Typhoid Mary do whatever she wants. These "judges" can and will justify everything that is wrong and evil.

20 posted on 10/31/2014 10:14:34 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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