Legal Opinion
Natalie Slaughter v. Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 5, 2019No. 17-1732PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Justice.
In this appeal, we review an evidentiary ruling and summary judgment ending a lawsuit by a student who failed to meet academic requirements in medical school and sued the school for failing to accommodate her mental disability. The student was treated for depression by a staff psychotherapist during the school year but did not give consent to allow the psychotherapist to discuss her depression with the faculty. Nor did the student inform the academic decision-makers of her depression until mid-December, after she had *796failed a required class and performed poorly on other…
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