Finding a bone in a pile of boneless wings is a little like finding a worm in an apple. But in the rare, unfortunate case that it does occur, don’t expect to win a lawsuit over the debacle. On Thursday, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 vote that a man was not entitled to compensation after he sued a restaurant, its food supplier, and a chicken farm after suffering injuries from swallowing a chicken bone lurking within one of his boneless wings.
During a 2016 meal at Wings on Brookwood in Hamilton, Ohio. Michael Berkheimer sat down with his wife and a few friends, and ordered his go-to: boneless wings with parmesan garlic sauce. According to the Ohio Supreme Court report, Berkheimer claimed that he cut each of his wings into two to three pieces before eating them, and on his second wing he felt “a piece of meat went down the wrong pipe.” He rushed to the restroom to try and cough it up, but was unsuccessful.
