Posted on 04/22/2008 8:07:59 AM PDT by SmithL
Former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman cannot be held liable for telling residents near the World Trade Center site that the air was safe to breathe after the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Whitman apparently made comments reassuring people about the safety around the site based on conflicting information and reassurances by the White House.
The appeals court said legal remedies are not always available for every instance of arguably deficient governmental performance.
A Department of Justice lawyer had argued late last year that holding the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency liable would set a dangerous precedent in future disasters because public officials would fear making public statements.
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‘set a dangerous precedent in future disasters because public officials would fear making public statements.’
Uh, only if they weren’t true. Crazy.
When I saw my son return home from work that day ... covered in debris that once was the Twin Towers ... I thought pulmonary illness would be inevitable.
Nice.
Apparently, there were many people who depend on the government to tell them the dust might not be a healthy thing to breath in - HRC has been squawking for years that Bush didn't warn people not to breath the dust. Part of the suit was to have Christine Whiteman personally pay to have all the dust removed.
Can we sue Whitman for the 9/11 job she did on the NJ GOP ?
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