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In other news, woman and lawyer were buried under 3 tons of shrimp thrown by seafood-loving New Yorkers sick of frivolous lawsuits.
In other news, woman and lawyer were buried under 3 tons of shrimp thrown by seafood-loving New Yorkers sick of frivolous lawsuits.
Food flying around the grill is one thing. The chef THROWING food at you is another. Just because food is flying around doesn't mean that you should expect to have it THROWN at you.
Also, your whole analogy of choking on a piece of shrimp is irrelevant.
If you go to a dammed Benihana it's because you are expecting things like that. The one time I went the chef told people "Open wide!" and would get a piece of food from his spatula into their mouth every time. Like damn dolphins at sea world or something. They are there to put on a show, and that's one of the reasons you go there.
In any case, Benihana's may be liable for the medical bills of the neck injury, but the hospital was the one that ultimately produced the cause of death. I question the exact injury he had from this, and whether or not his neck had prior injuries, whether he knew it or not. Moving your head to the side really fast is really pushing it for an injury.
kranky
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Let's assume that everything in the article is true.
I would think the fact that the chef was asked to stop tossing food, and didn't, would be in the restaurant's favor with respect to the lawsuit.
Thrown food burns child. Chef asked to stop. Chef doesn't stop. People do not get up and leave when they could have easily removed themselves from an environment they felt was dangerous?
I would think the fact that the chef was asked to stop tossing food, and didn't, would be in the restaurant's favor with respect to the lawsuit.
Thrown food burns child. Chef asked to stop. Chef doesn't stop. People do not get up and leave when they could have easily removed themselves from an environment they felt was dangerous?
geecee
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The point here was the expectation of what you are to receive at Benihana. You are expected to receive food flying around. As I already stated, the chef probably was not intentionally throwing food at the man, either that or was expecting the usual "Open wide!" Sea World (as someone else mentioned here) response. If you do not want this, don't go there. End of problem.
My analogy was unclear yes, but the point was you are going to a restaurant with the expectation that they are going to serve you jumbo shrimp (or some food product). If you choke to death on it, despite the restaurant's best efforts to save your life, the restaurant should not be liable for your death. If you want to eat non-potentially airway threatening food, don't go to a restaurant. Stay at home and use your blender.
Anyone else find it ironic that a man who makes his living as a FUR trader was killed while trying to dick a dead animal?
lol, Freudian Slip? Maybe not.Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Anyone else find it ironic that a man who makes his living as a FUR trader was killed while trying to dick a dead animal?
Originally posted by: jjones
lol, Freudian Slip? Maybe not.Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Anyone else find it ironic that a man who makes his living as a FUR trader was killed while trying to dick a dead animal?
hahaha!!
Maybe it was a subconscienous thing!!
it should read duck!
And I agree with that. I'm just saying that, at least to me, there isn't an expectation to have food thrown AT you.
Or maybe their chefs should use common sense and realize when someone doesn't have their mouth open that they don't want food thrown at them.
My analogy was unclear yes, but the point was you are going to a restaurant with the expectation that they are going to serve you jumbo shrimp (or some food product). If you choke to death on it, despite the restaurant's best efforts to save your life, the restaurant should not be liable for your death. If you want to eat non-potentially airway threatening food, don't go to a restaurant. Stay at home and use your blender.
Your analogy still doesn't anything to do with this situation. The reason the person is suing is because if the chef hadn't been throwing food at him (when according to the accounts of the situation he didn't want food thrown at him) he wouldn't have gotten the injury.
When you eat just about anything there's a possibility of choking on it if you do not chew properly. The president choked no a pretzel!
I'm not saying Benihana is the cause of this, but just that maybe their chefs shouldn't be throwing food at people unless it's clear that the customer wants it.
I've never been to Benihana, but I wouldn't expect food to be thrown at me. If they were doing the whole dolphin thing and I didn't want to participate, I'm sure it would be clear and at that point the chef should refrain from lobbing seafood at me.
Benihana's is like a cooking show but if you don't want to participate, they would not throw food at you. All the chefs do is twirl their utensils, cut the meat nice and flashy and once in a while flip the food in the air. There is no reason for them to throw food at you.
The guy surely must have known going to a hibachi place is for the show. Why on earth would you spend so much money on mediocre food IMO? He's probably done the dolphin thing before. If he didn't want to do it, I'm sure all he had to do was say no. A chef wouldn't purposely fling food at a customer in a high priced place like that.
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