: 1 9 6 7 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁India <0x0A> </s> ▁Mex ical i ▁Rose ▁v . ▁Super ior ▁Court , ▁ 1 ▁Cal . ▁ 4 th ▁ 6 1 7 ▁( 1 9 9 2 ), ▁was ▁a ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁California ▁case ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁court ’ s ▁decision ▁held ▁that ▁restaur ants , ▁gro c ery ▁stores , ▁and ▁other ▁food ▁service ▁establish ments ▁in ▁California ▁can ▁be ▁held ▁li able ▁for ▁inj uries ▁sust ained ▁by ▁pat rons ▁from ▁foreign ▁objects — including ▁natural ▁food ▁parts — that ▁are ▁left ▁in ▁food . ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁William ▁L . ▁Berg ▁represented ▁Jack ▁A . ▁Clark ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁case ▁of ▁Mex ical i ▁Rose ▁v . ▁Super ior ▁Court — a ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁California ▁case ▁that ▁changed ▁state ▁and ▁consumer ▁law . ▁While ▁Clark ▁was ▁d ining ▁at ▁a ▁restaurant , ▁a ▁one - inch ▁ch icken ▁b one ▁that ▁was ▁left ▁in ▁his ▁ch icken ▁en ch il ada ▁became ▁lod ged ▁in ▁his ▁thro at . ▁The ▁b one ▁caused ▁Clark ▁to ▁suffer ▁serious ▁inj uries , ▁and ▁he ▁needed ▁three ▁thro at ▁operations ▁to ▁repair ▁the ▁damage . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁his ▁inj uries , ▁Clark ▁file d ▁a ▁law suit ▁against ▁the ▁restaurant — M ex ical i ▁Rose — as ▁well ▁as ▁its ▁owner . ▁ ▁Op in ion ▁of ▁the ▁Court ▁ ▁Origin ally ▁file d ▁in ▁the ▁Al amed a ▁County ▁Super ior ▁Court ,