When is a bone not a bone?

Apparently, in Ohio, when it is in a “boneless chicken wing”, according to the state’s Supreme Court. They recently ruled in a case where a diner sued a restaurant, Wings on Brookwood, after ordering boneless wings with parmesan garlic sauce, which then led to serious medical complications, and doctors found a long, thin bone had torn his esophagus and caused an infection. The judges ruled 4 -3 that “boneless wings” refers to a cooking style, and the diner should have been aware that any chicken dish can contain bones. The close split decision led to some harsh words from the three dissenting judges, with them calling the reasoning “utter jabberwocky,” and expressing that a jury should have been able to decide on this. “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.”
Original story from AP
