CHRISTMAN v. DAVIS

No. 04-388.

889 A.2d 746 (2005)

2005 VT 119

Paul CHRISTMAN v. Gordon H. DAVIS, DMD and Associates in Periodontics, PLC.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Weatherly of Gravel and Shea, Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ritchie E. Berger of Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Burlington, for Defendants-Appellees.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ., and CRAWFORD, Supr. J., Specially Assigned.


DOOLEY, J.

¶ 1. Plaintiff Paul Christman appeals a superior court order granting defendants summary judgment on his claim of medical battery. Plaintiff claims (1) that material facts are disputed, and therefore summary judgment was inappropriate; and (2) that defendant periodontist performed a surgical procedure for which plaintiff did not consent and therefore defendant committed a battery. We affirm.

¶ 2. Plaintiff consulted defendant Gordon Davis...

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