Honea v. Prior
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
Goolsby, Judge:
This case involves allegations of a sexual assault committed by a physician on a female patient. The jury awarded the patient, Patti Honea, $15,000 in actual damages and $80,000 in punitive damages. The physician, William Franklin Prior, M.D., appeals. The questions on appeal concern expert witnesses and the exclusion of certain testimony.
Honea’s complaint alleges that on November 11,1984, she went to Prior’s office in Aiken County to obtain a prescription for birth control pills, that Prior required her to disrobe, that after she removed her clothing and lay down on the…
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