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‘Boneless’ chicken wings can have bones, Ohio top court rules as it rejects choking diner’s suit
AP via NY Post ^ | 07/25/2024 | AP

Posted on 07/25/2024 3:06:05 PM PDT by DFG

Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat.

Michael Berkheimer was dining with his wife and friends at a wing joint in Hamilton, Ohio, and had ordered the usual — boneless wings with parmesan garlic sauce — when he felt a bite-size piece of meat go down the wrong way. Three days later, feverish and unable to keep food down, Berkeimer went to the emergency room, where a doctor discovered a long, thin bone that had torn his esophagus and caused an infection.

Berkheimer sued the restaurant, Wings on Brookwood, saying the restaurant failed to warn him that so-called “boneless wings” — which are, of course, nuggets of boneless, skinless breast meat — could contain bones. The suit also named the supplier and the farm that produced the chicken, claiming all were negligent.

In a 4-3 ruling, the Supreme Court said Thursday that “boneless wings” refers to a cooking style, and that Berkheimer should’ve been on guard against bones since it’s common knowledge that chickens have bones. The high court sided with lower courts that had dismissed Berkheimer’s suit.

“A diner reading ‘boneless wings’ on a menu would no more believe that the restaurant was warranting the absence of bones in the items than believe that the items were made from chicken wings, just as a person eating ‘chicken fingers’ would know that he had not been served fingers,” Justice Joseph T. Deters wrote for the majority.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: berkheimer; boneless; chicken; ohio
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1 posted on 07/25/2024 3:06:05 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Court is correct in this case.


2 posted on 07/25/2024 3:08:38 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I will be voting for Trump/whoever he picks VP in November. If he loses in 2024, country is toast.)
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To: DFG

i also agree with court


3 posted on 07/25/2024 3:11:24 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: DFG
A diner reading ‘boneless wings’ on a menu would no more believe that the restaurant was warranting the absence of bones in the items than believe that the items were made from chicken wings

Not made from chicken wings? I'M GONNA SUE!!

At Applebee's, I'm not sure they are even made of chicken

4 posted on 07/25/2024 3:14:08 PM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: DFG

“The dissenting justices called Deters’ reasoning “utter jabberwocky,” and said a jury should’ve been allowed to decide whether the restaurant was negligent in serving Berkheimer a piece of chicken that was advertised as boneless.

“The question must be asked: Does anyone really believe that the parents in this country who feed their young children boneless wings or chicken tenders or chicken nuggets or chicken fingers expect bones to be in the chicken? Of course they don’t,” Justice Michael P. Donnelly wrote in dissent. “When they read the word ‘boneless,’ they think that it means ‘without bones,’ as do all sensible people.”

I agree with the dissent.


5 posted on 07/25/2024 3:16:10 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: DFG
They come from boneless chickens. Everyone knows that.


6 posted on 07/25/2024 3:17:07 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Bobbyvotes

Nope.

Berkheimer expected truth in advertising and expected safe food products.

He should have collected bigly.


7 posted on 07/25/2024 3:17:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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8 posted on 07/25/2024 3:19:36 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Responsibility2nd

Berkheimer’s IQ is not high enough to realize Chicken meat is manufactured from live chickens. No 2 chickens have exactly same bone structure. Ditto with human beings or any mammals for that matter. I always told my kids to chew chicken products completely because small bone pieces could be present.


9 posted on 07/25/2024 3:24:54 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I will be voting for Trump/whoever he picks VP in November. If he loses in 2024, country is toast.)
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To: DFG
If the restaurant had just put the CA Prop 92 on the menu they would have avoided any legal problems.
10 posted on 07/25/2024 3:25:01 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: DFG

Tell him to chew his food.


11 posted on 07/25/2024 3:25:35 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: DFG
It's become a dilemma at every chicken wing joint including "Buffalo Wild Wings" and "Wings or Us" outlets across the nation.

Bone-in or boneless? That is the question.

I have always opted for bone-in. That is where you find the most flavor and nutrients. The boneless is more or less like eating chicken breast.

I also like the dry-rub options. Soaking chicken wings with liquid sauce is somewhat disgusting for me.

12 posted on 07/25/2024 3:30:07 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (7,234,971 Truth | 87,532,095 Twitter)
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To: TheDon
Words hsve meanings.

Should be no bones in boneless products.
I,too,agree with the dissenting judges.

13 posted on 07/25/2024 3:38:25 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: Bobbyvotes
A number of years ago, Long John Silvers was sued over it's Chicken Peg Legs.

Basis of the suite were that the product was chicken wings and not drumsticks.

Reason why they no longer have Peg Legs on the menu

14 posted on 07/25/2024 3:42:54 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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“The suit also named the supplier and the farm that produced the chicken, claiming all were negligent.”

How the hell is the farm that raised the chicken negligent?

IMO the ONLY one who’s negligent is the plaintiff for not chewing his food.


15 posted on 07/25/2024 3:45:07 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

How the hell is the farm that raised the chicken negligent?

They knew those chickens had bones !! /s 🤔


16 posted on 07/25/2024 3:56:27 PM PDT by OldHarbor (strained statutory arguments, appeals to inconsistent history, reliance on out-of-circuit authority)
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To: DFG

I guess this was beside the point, but how did he establish the chicken bone that injured him came from that specific meal at that specific restaurant?


17 posted on 07/25/2024 4:09:12 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: TheDon
I agree with the dissent.

As do I, and I do not grasp how others can think it is reasonable for "boneless chicken" to have bones.

Is this like blank bullets having slugs in them?

18 posted on 07/25/2024 4:09:28 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Bobbyvotes
Court is correct in this case.

Why do you think so?

19 posted on 07/25/2024 4:09:51 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DFG

MMMMMM...boneless chicken wings


20 posted on 07/25/2024 4:10:53 PM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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