Modal Dialog Works in Firefox, only partially works in IE

Modal Dialog Works in Firefox, only partially works in IE


I'm making a page that displays a table of appointments (the summary
view), and on click of a row should display the details of that
appointment, which is fetched via ajax. Everything works fine in
firefox, but in IE8 (havent tried other IE versions) the gray
translucent overlay comes up, and nothing else on the page is
clickable, but the dialog doesn't show. I've confirmed via the
developer tools and firebug lite that ie is making the dialog, and the
proper information is in it, it just doesn't show anywhere. I can hit
escape to close and open "another" dialog, which has the same thing
happen. (Also, in case it helps, removing the modal option just makes
nothing show.)
Anyone have any ideas?