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Connecticut Family Sues Over School's Ebola Fears

Connecticut Public Radio | By The Associated Press
Published October 29, 2014 at 12:02 PM EDT

The father of a Connecticut third-grader has filed a federal lawsuit saying his daughter has been unfairly barred from school amid fears she may have been exposed to the Ebola virus while in Africa. 

According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in New Haven, Ikeoluwa Opayemi and her family visited Nigeria from October 2 through October 13. They say when the girl tried to return to the Meadowside Elementary School, she was told she had to stay home until November 3 because of a concern she might have been exposed to the virus.

The family didn't travel to Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia, the three nations associated with the current Ebola outbreak. It seeks an order allowing the girl to return to school and unspecified monetary damages.
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