Yes, the restaurant was negligent in serving you a cockroach, but you seem to have greatly over reacted. You could probably get them to pay for an initial ER visit and maybe a hundred dollars or so for emotional distress, but few people are going to believe that you really needed mental treatments. A personal injury defendant takes the plaintiff as they are, including a plaintiff who is more sensitive than a normal person, but a trier of fact will base their judgment as to damages based upon what they feel is reasonable. I doubt anyone will feel that a need for psychology treatment is really necessary for such a relatively minor event. It is not worth hiring an attorney, and none would probably take the case, except if you paid they an hourly fee and they merely write a demand letter. See what you can get by yourself from the restaurant, but suing will not be worthwhile.
Answered on Dec 29th, 2014 at 3:59 PM