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May 6, 2008 9:19 am US/Eastern

Feds & Lab: No Duty To Protect Public From Anthrax

Federal Gov't & Private Lab Claim They Have No Duty To Protect Public

The Issue Came Up As Part Of Florida Anthrax Death Lawsuit

Robert Stevens Died IN 2001
TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) ― The federal government and a private laboratory say they have no duty under Florida law to protect the public from anthrax or other lethal materials.

Their lawyers made that argument Monday to the Florida Supreme Court. The justices will rule on that issue as part of a lawsuit over the anthrax death of a photo editor for a supermarket tabloid publisher.

Robert Stevens died in October 2001 after being exposed to the deadly material. It was in an envelope mailed to the South Florida offices of American Media Incorporated, which publishes the National Enquirer, Sun and Globe newspapers.

His wife sued the federal government and a private laboratory. Maureen Stevens claimed both had a duty under state law to protect the public from anthrax used in their facilities. The case is pending in federal court until the state justices rule on the public duty issue.

The AMI building was the nation's first target in the anthrax mailings that killed five people in the United States, starting a month after the September Eleventh terrorist attacks.

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