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Artichoked: Doctor Sues Restaurant Over Thorny Vegetable
NBC Miami ^ | Wed, Nov 17, 2010 | TODD WRIGHT

Posted on 11/17/2010 3:25:06 PM PST by nickcarraway

Doctor claims restaurant is responsible for telling customers how to eat

If you are what you eat, chances are Arturo Carvajal isn't a thorny vegetable capable of ripping up a person's intestines.

The Miami doctor is suing a local restaurant after he knowingly ate an entire artichoke, thorny leaves and all, and then experienced excruciating pain afterward.

The lawsuit, filed against Houston's in Aventura, essentially claims the restaurant was responsible for Carvajal's pain because employees didn't tell the man that he was supposed to eat the soft meat located on the inside of the artichoke, not the entire thing.

That's about as bad as suing over hot coffee, but then again, that cost a certain chain millions in damages.

According to the lawsuit, a server suggested the grilled artichoke to Carvajal, who responded he had never seen or even heard of an artichoke, but decided to order it anyway. At no point, the lawsuit states, did the waiter tell Carvajal how to eat the dish.

We also assume, the waiter didn't show him how to use a fork or spoon either, but we digress.

After devouring the artichoke, Carvajal experienced severe abdominal pain and had to go to the hospital. Doctors found artichoke leaves lodged in his small bowel and had to perform surgery to remove them.

"Arturo Carvajal suffered bodily injury, resulting in pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental anguish, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life..." states the lawsuit.

The food ignorant doctor is looking for at least $15,000 in damages.

“It's just kind of a silly notion” Glenn Viers, attorney for the restaurant chain, told Business Insurance. "What's next? Are we going to have to post warnings on our menu they shouldn't eat the bones in our barbecue ribs?”

Be careful, Viers. You don't want to start giving customers any ideas.


TOPICS: Food; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: artichoke
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This doctor best never set foot in Castroville.
1 posted on 11/17/2010 3:25:13 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; tubebender

As is sometimes said in Nascar, “That’s gonna leave a mark”.


2 posted on 11/17/2010 3:28:50 PM PST by SouthTexas (WE are the Wave)
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To: nickcarraway

Wonder what medical school he attended.


3 posted on 11/17/2010 3:29:13 PM PST by cajuncow
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To: nickcarraway

"ya wuss"

4 posted on 11/17/2010 3:29:40 PM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: nickcarraway

Better keep this guy away from the boiled lobster special.


5 posted on 11/17/2010 3:29:49 PM PST by pogo101
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To: SouthTexas

“Arturo Carvajal suffered bodily injury, resulting in pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental anguish, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life...” states the lawsuit.”

And which jury will keep a straight face on this..


6 posted on 11/17/2010 3:32:34 PM PST by max americana
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To: nickcarraway
He had to be an idiot to sit there and eat all the leaves, or what ever they are called, off an artichoke. The only thing good on them is about 1/4 inch at the attachment point to the rest of the darn thing! All the rest of that leaf is very tough! I bet a cow would need a few repeated chewings on those leaves to get them to digest!
7 posted on 11/17/2010 3:33:25 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: nickcarraway

I wonder if I could sue KFC if I ate all of the chicken bones...


8 posted on 11/17/2010 3:35:43 PM PST by Rio
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To: Red_Devil 232

Where does one begin?


9 posted on 11/17/2010 3:36:11 PM PST by pingman (Price is what you pay, value is what you get.)
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who responded he had never seen or even heard of an artichoke

He sure isn't from around here!

10 posted on 11/17/2010 3:36:28 PM PST by oldteen
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who responded he had never seen or even heard of an artichoke

Ignorance is bliss lethal.

11 posted on 11/17/2010 3:36:28 PM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: nickcarraway

I think the defense should give the juors an artichoke and ask them to try to eat it, then rest his case.


12 posted on 11/17/2010 3:36:44 PM PST by Mr. K (TSA Sexual Assaulters: "You dont get on until we get off")
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...who responded he had never seen or even heard of an artichoke.

Wow, I eat 'em all the time, but then again, I never heard of aruba or whatever that was until Obama mentioned it.

13 posted on 11/17/2010 3:37:03 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
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To: nickcarraway
By the weirdest coincidence I just tried the cedar smoked salmon at the local restaurant a few days ago.

It never occurred to me I wasn't supposed to eat the board. I didn't seem to need the after dinner toothpick. And the next day I definitely passed a log.

14 posted on 11/17/2010 3:39:07 PM PST by bigheadfred (wogga la hooga)
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To: nickcarraway
LOL! Good job. Castroville California is the Artichoke Capitol of the WORLD! They have roadside stands in the shape of an artichoke that sell deep friend artichoke hearts. Next time you see a box of artichokes, check out where they are from..... dollars to donuts they are grown in Castroville!
15 posted on 11/17/2010 3:40:19 PM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: nickcarraway

How is a restaurant supposed to screen for idiots? Now all the menus are going to have a warning on them about artichokes.


16 posted on 11/17/2010 3:40:26 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: nickcarraway

I have had to explain to two differant people that you peel the shrimp before eating them.


17 posted on 11/17/2010 3:41:52 PM PST by rightly_dividing
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To: nickcarraway

Dr b stupid.


18 posted on 11/17/2010 3:42:05 PM PST by Drango (NO-vember is payback for April 15th)
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To: Red_Devil 232
I'd follow this guy forever to prove that this was deliberate.

How did he even get them down? He had to practice.

19 posted on 11/17/2010 3:44:33 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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...he knowingly ate an entire artichoke, thorny leaves and all,

No one this stupid could ever get into a reputable medical school. I call foul.

20 posted on 11/17/2010 3:44:35 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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