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President Barack Obama issued a memorandum Thursday protects federal contractors hired to address the Ebola outbreak in West Africa against lawsuits for importing Ebola into the United States.
The president’s directive gives the administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) the authority to indemnify companies from lawsuits related to “contracts performed in Africa in support of USAID's response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa where the contractor, its employees, or subcontractors will have significant exposure to Ebola.”
“This authority may be exercised solely for the purpose of holding harmless and indemnifying contractors with respect to claims, losses, or damage arising out of or resulting from exposure, in the course of performance of the contracts, to Ebola,” the memorandum explained.
CNSNews.com emailed USAID to ask if the president’s directive also protects these companies from claims made by a U.S. citizen who contracts Ebola from an employee who brings the disease back from West Africa after working under a government contract. An unnamed spokesperson for the agency responded: “Yes.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/brittany-m-hughes/obama-immunizes-gov-t-contractors-being-sued-importing-ebola-us
Obama Immunizes Gov’t Contractors From Being Sued for Importing Ebola to US
November 14, 2014 - 10:09 AM
By Brittany M. Hughes
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