[jyl]

I am a lawyer (for 13 years, no longer practice, having moved on to more interesting work) and I'd suggest you not sue.

It sounds like you have no damages worth any successful lawyer's time. You'd end up with a two-bit guy, get sent to a crooked doc for an "expert consultation", waste your time, and in the end get little to no money.

Just as important, to me, is that lawsuits consume the public's time and money (judicial system) so you're essentially wasting your taxpayer dollars.

It would be sensible to contact the local health dept and give them the facts of your case. That will help them come down on this restaurant and make sure they clean up their act, so to speak.

I have encouraged people to sue, where it was warranted. One friend of mine, his sister was on a cruise and suffered some sort of stroke/heart attack (I forget the details). The cruise ship had no competent medical staff, contrary to their claims, they did nothing to summon medical help or arrange air evac back to the States, they just dropped the paralyzed woman at some half-baked local clinic in the first Carribean port they came to, and sailed away. She ended up with severe brain damage. Her career as a doctor is over, she's spent the last two years learning to walk and speak again. Her family was reluctant to sue, they were focused on taking care of their sister. But they finally did take legal action. That's the kind of situation that merits a lawsuit.