Psychiatrists Can Testify In Suit Claiming Rape Caused College Student’s Suicide

Mealey's (January 14, 2020, 12:25 PM EST) -- TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Treating physicians for a college student who killed herself after allegedly being raped by a prominent businessman can testify as fact witnesses about the posttraumatic stress disorder she suffered after the incident in her parents’ civil suit against the alleged rapist, an Alabama federal judge ruled Jan. 13 (Michael W. Rondini, et al. v. Terry J. Bunn, No. 7:17-cv-01114, N.D. Ala., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5496)....