[Stoat]

Also see this article from the New York Post....severely edited due to Free Republic rules:

Tennessee lawyer Mark Lambert bites off part of Greg Herbers' nose during fight over bathroom stall

Via WMC-TV

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He says he asked two men who were in the same stall -- but not using the toilet -- to leave, WCM-TV reported.  He claims they refused his request.
 
Lambert, who was using a urinal and carrying on a conversation with the duo barricaded in the stall, began hurling profanity at him, Herbers says, and then shoved him and delivered the bite.

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Sounds like quite an upscale, high-quality and family-oriented restaurant (no, not really)
 

Two videos are available at the WMCTV page:

Memphis attorney bit off part of man's nose in restaurant scuffle - WMC-TV News, Weather, Traffic, Radar, and Sports for Memphis, TN; WMCTV.com

[Stoat]

Hungry Lawyer Ping

[RoadGumby]

Lets see, 2 men, in stall, not using toilet. WHY would you bite and possibly ingest ANYTHING from either?

[hometoroost]

He must be with Bandini, Lambert, and Locke. :-)

[mikrofon]

This (w)hole story doesn’t pass the smell test....

[jagusafr]

“No, your honor, I didn’t see him bite it off. I saw him spit it out.”

Who knew it wasn’t a joke?

Colonel, USAFR

[OldEagle]

If two guys were in a stall and not using the toilet, I wouldn’t bite ANYTHING.

[Sax]

Lambert, who was using a urinal and carrying on a conversation with the duo barricaded in the stall

I hear all the homo guesses, but I'd guess that it was an oversized handicapped stall and they were snorting the Bolivian marching powder in there. Drugs go a ways to explain the crazed nasal noshing too.

[SouthDixie]

Only the nose knows.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Sounds like everyone involved is a little light in the loafers! I saw a fight erupt out of the door of a Tampa gay bar many years ago, it was the damnedest ruckus I've ever seen and I've seen a few.

I wish I'd had some popcorn to sell, LOL. People were stopping their cars in the street to watch, it was that good!

[Joe 6-pack]

I guess it's never a bad time to remind people and brush up on the basics...

MALE RESTROOM ETIQUETTE

[Coldwater Creek]

Typical Memphis antics!

[bmwcyle]

It is all fun and games until some one loses a nose.

[The Comedian]

The guy got off cheap.

Lawyers usually cost an arm and a leg.

(rimshot)

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Raven6]

Well now we know the next plot line for John Grisham's next novel: The Brief Nose

[xJones]

According to a lawsuit filed by Greg Herbers, Mark Lambert bit off and swallowed part of his nose during a dispute last June at Dish on South Cooper Street.

Not to be nosey, but something about this doesn't pass the smell test. It took him 6 months to file a lawsuit?

[kcvl]

Mark Lambert is an experienced Trial Attorney at The Cochran Firm (yes, that Cochran)

Press Here

[kcvl]

The dispute started when Herbers, a self-employed hairstylist, entered the restroom around 9 p.m. and noticed the one stall was occupied by two men “performing some activity other than going to the bathroom.”

Herbers said that when he told the men he needed to use the toilet, Lambert, who was standing at the urinal but appeared to know the men in the stall, became aggressive.

Lambert allegedly approached Herbers in a “menacing” fashion and jumped on him, grabbing his head and clawing at his neck.

Herbers said the next thing he felt was an excruciating pain. He heard teeth crunch and noticed blood pouring from his left nostril. One of the other men in the stall screamed, “What the (expletive) are you doing?”, according to the suit.

Lambert, who works for The Cochran Firm, and the two men then apparently fled the restroom and Herbers called police.

Herbers said Lambert bit off a large chunk of his left nostril. He also says he’s permanently disfigured and his sense of smell impaired.

According to the case file, Herbers admitted to consuming three or four vodka soda drinks at Dish that night.

Herbers also has his own criminal record that includes possession of a controlled substance and a DUI. A letter from Herbers’ doctor included as evidence also shows he’s HIV-positive and takes a host of prescription medications.

Attorney Mark Benfield of Bailey and Benfield, the firm representing Herbers, said his client is seeking up to $7.5 million in punitive and compensatory damages to make up for the medical bills, lost wages and emotional distress brought by this incident.

http://nmisscommentor.com/2009/12/19/more-details-about-the-nose-biting-lawyer/

[wardaddy]

the nose biting attorney will pay and pay big..