Ohio Court Rules on Boneless Wings Case

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to be entirely free of bones. The ruling came after Michael Berkheimer sued Wings on Brookwood, alleging negligence when a bone in his boneless wings caused severe medical issues. The court's majority opinion stated that 'boneless' refers to a cooking style, and customers should reasonably expect and guard against bones in chicken products. The dissenting justices argued that the case should have been decided by a jury and criticized the majority's reasoning as lacking common sense. The decision upholds lower court rulings that dismissed Berkheimer's lawsuit.