A seafood restaurant guest injured by flying shards of glass from a dropped plate need not prove waiter negligence in order to recover damages, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
The ruling, in Clark v. Darden Restaurants Inc., 11-cv-1056, sinks an attempt by the owner of the Red Lobster restaurant chain to block application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.
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