A little over a month ago, Ashley Phillips was dining at Chili’s in Farmington, New Mexico when she bit into and pierced her tongue on a 2” long sewing needle that was being used by a Chili’s cook to clean his marijuana pipe. Chili’s employees helped the customer extract the needle but then shockingly, refused to give the customer the needle so that she could have it tested for HIV, Hepatitis or other infections. The resulting lawsuit was filed in part because the customer was annoyed that it took Chili’s fifty two days before it relented and sent the needle to a laboratory for testing. For More Information on Restaurant Liability