Fabrizio v. Glaser

The only certified issue in this appeal is whether the general verdict rule may limit appellate review in a case in which interrogatories were submitted to a jury with respect to some but not all of the issues that the jury might have resolved in reaching its verdict. The plaintiff, Charles Fabrizio, brought a malpractice action against the defendant, Howard S. Glaser, a dentist, alleging that the defendant had failed to obtain informed consent for the extraction of the plaintiffs wisdom teeth. The defendant both denied that he had failed to obtain such consent and asserted, as affirmative…