‘Rendering Boneless Completely Meaningless’: Ohio Supreme Court Majority Sides With Restaurant, Suppliers in Negligence Dispute Over Chicken Wings

“Mr. Berkheimer suffered catastrophic injuries from a bone contained in a menu item unambiguously advertised as ‘boneless’ at every level of commerce. All we asked is that a jury be able to make a commonsense determination as to whether he should be able to recover for his injuries. But the court’s majority ruled otherwise, simultaneously denying him that opportunity, and rendering the word ‘boneless’ completely meaningless,” said plaintiff’s counsel, Robb S. Stokar, a Cincinnati attorney at Stokar Law.