By By Laura Trowbridge Nov 19, 2010 in Food Miami - A doctor in Miami is suing a restaurant because he feels they had a legal obligation to tell him the proper way to eat an artichoke. According to In Carvajal's Reported by Carvajal is alleging in his lawsuit that the restaurant and its manager were negligent in not training the wait staff to inform patrons on how to consume an artichoke. He is seeking non-specified damages for bodily injury, pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental aggravation, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, aggravation of pre-existing conditions and all medical expenses. A spokesperson for Hillstone Restaurant Group said the lawsuit claim was "a silly notion" concerning warning guests not to eat an entire artichoke. “What's next? Are we going to have to post warnings on our menu they shouldn't eat the bones in our barbeque ribs?” In May of 2009, Arturo Carvajal, a family physician with a practice in Hollywood,Florida, ate a house special, not on the menu, of grilled artichokes in Houston's Restaurant in Miami.According to Business Insurance , Carvajal said he had "neither seen nor heard of the dish previously, and his waiter never told him that the outside portion of the leaf is indigestible."In Carvajal's lawsuit against parent company Hillstone Restaurant Group, filed on October 25, 2010, he said after eating the artichoke he experienced "severe abdominal pain and discomfort” and had to go to a hospital. It was found that he had artichoke leaves lodged in his small bowel.Reported by Miami New Times , Carvajal's lawyer, Marc R. Ginsberg said: "It takes a sophisticated diner to be familiar with the artichoke. People might think that as a doctor, he'd know how to eat one. But he was thinking it was like a food he might have eaten in his native Cuba, where you eat everything on the plate."Carvajal is alleging in his lawsuit that the restaurant and its manager were negligent in not training the wait staff to inform patrons on how to consume an artichoke. He is seeking non-specified damages for bodily injury, pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental aggravation, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, aggravation of pre-existing conditions and all medical expenses.A spokesperson for Hillstone Restaurant Group said the lawsuit claim was "a silly notion" concerning warning guests not to eat an entire artichoke. “What's next? Are we going to have to post warnings on our menu they shouldn't eat the bones in our barbeque ribs?” More about Arturo carvajal, Houstons restaurant, Miami, Artichoke, Lawsuit More news from arturo carvajal houston s restaurant miami artichoke lawsuit