Restaurant Asked to Pay for Broken Teeth

A court ruled Friday a restaurant owner must pay 12 million won in compensation to a customer who broke two teeth on a stone in his dish.

Presiding judge Jang Nak-won of the Seoul Central District Court said the restaurant owner’s carelessness in cooking food is solely to blame for the accident.

The owner was ordered to cover all fees required to implant artificial teeth and other medical treatments to be carried out afterward.

The victim, identified by his surname Choi, bit down on a stone while eating a noodle at the restaurant in southern Seoul in May last year, and found his two molars broken as a result.