Yes.
Just as "the" restaurant is obligated to provide accommodations for the handicapped, they should expect that people who tend to "eat to the extreme" will come to a restaurant.
If they are not responsible for safe seating, they can just save money by spray-painting cardboard boxes, and letting ALL their customers take their chances, with no responsibility for the consequences.
(D)o you think if he had been steered to one for lardo's he would have sued for the emotional distress and suffering?
Possibly.
Whether it's a valid claim is up to the courts, isn't it?
Doesn't anyone have any responsibility for allowing themselves to reach (such) a state?
Yes.
That's why I suggested that the restaurant was only 50% liable, and the plaintiff himself "shared" liability.
Both parties were negligent of the consequences of providing inadequate seating and support.
I stand by my reasoning.