All Greg Herbers wanted to do was use the bathroom facilities at a popular Memphis restaurant, Dish Restaurant and Bar. When he entered the restroom, two men were in the only bathroom stall. They were not using it. Instead, they were talking to a third man standing at the urinal outside. So Greg asked them to leave so he could use the toilet. They refused and a fight ensued....not with the two inside the stall but with the third man at the urinal.
According to the lawsuit filed by Greg Herbers, the fight ended when the third man, later identified as Memphis attorney Mark Lambert, bit off and swallowed a piece of Greg Herbers' nose and then fled the scene. The police report says Herbers entire left nostril was missing. See the two-part news report from Action News 5 on Memphis TV station, WMC-TV, below:
Herbers claims he suffered permanent disfigurement to his nose and face and will need plastic surgery and possibly a prosthetic nose.
While he admitted to biting off part of Herbers' nose, Lambert says he didn't swallow it, but spit it out. Greg Herbers is suing Mark Lambert for $5 million in punitive damages.
