Judgment unanimously reversed, without costs, on the law and as a matter of discretion, and a new trial granted.
Memorandum:
In charging the jury in this dental malpractice case, the court misstated the testimony of defendant's experts and delivered a charge which was tantamount to a directed verdict. Although there was ample testimony that injury to plaintiff's lingual nerve could have occurred in the absence of negligence, the court repeatedly made statements...
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