Ohio Supreme Court Says Boneless Wings Have Bones

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[MrZega]

Supreme Court: He's trying to get free healthcare, stop him!

[tallyikroe]

Basically Ohio spent 8 years on acting like complete idiots

[TheMoffwicket]

This is the most obvious example of why the legal system is a failure. This makes me unreasonably angry. I would surely be held in contempt if I was a lawyer on this case.

[chriss]

So by their logic, non-alcoholic drinks shouldn't be assumed to be alcohol free??? Way to lower the bar, Ohio 🤦‍♂️

[ArcaneAssassin]

that ruling is the biggest false equivalency fallacy I have ever seen, when you order boneless you go in with the implicit expectation that it will not contain bones PERIOD

[travelerluke]

Right... We just can't believe what's advertised... Great system...

[lzxty]

This also means vegan food is a "style" of cooking and doesnt mean no meat, correct?

[ArtistAllanWest]

The Ohio Supreme Court has not instilled faith in the judicial process. When a menu says boneless, it is natural to expect boneless. And isn’t the standard for such things a less than bright person’s typical understanding anyway?

[hec]

Imagine how hard it would be to argue against a bunch of powerful idiots about boneless meaning that there isnt supposed to be any bones

[OdinHagen]

I would like to make the Ohio Supreme Court my famous Cyanide-free Boneless Chicken Wings. Let's see if they agree then

[ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvawehr]

when you have to spend 8 years fighting in court to get your medical bills payed for, when you find a bone in something labelled boneless, something is seriously wrong with your entire justice and health system

[TMC_TimeLine]

That ruling is so stupid. It like me selling gluten free bread that has gluten in it. Then winning the lawsuit because "well, you would expect bread normally to have gluten in it right"

Boneless chicken wings can be some totally different part of the chicken. But they can also just be chicken wings that got the bones removed. If it is boneless, there shouldn't be bones

[cajunguy]

Sometimes I think these judges stopped living in reality a lot time ago. A chicken wings and fingers are nouns, boneless is a adjective. These are not analogous!!! You'd think high court judge would understand how avoid logical fallacies. Or maybe they just don't understand parts of speech?

[thahrdworkingingo]

It gets better. They called boneless a cooking style.

"regarding the food item's being called a "boneless wing, " it is common sense that that label was merely a description of the cooking style"

What do you mean BONELESS IS A COOKING STYLE. Can I finally have my BONELESS pizza?

[soonny]

I will be laughed out of a diner if I asked the chef if his boneless chicken wings had bones in it.

[apjtv]

I...sorry, what? Like, do they understand how words work? If I say something is nut-free, and it has nuts in it, I'm getting sued to high heaven. Boneless means no bones. End of.

[jeremysaklad]

I would at least assume "boneless" means "no bone fragment large enough to require removal before eating".

[hobosorcerer]

And now that Trump wants to dismantle the FDA, every state can get away with stuff like this. Yay...

[RoadMapman-]

The vote was 4-3 along party lines. The four Republicans voted to protect the corporate food supplier by making the absurd play on words. The three Democrats, in a dissent authored by Michael Donnelly, voted to give the plaintiff an opportunity to have a jury trial where the case would be decided by his peers. This is what happens when big business takes over the courts. They make sure the jury trial never happens. This ruling makes very clear there is one party that blatantly favors big business over the people while the other party generally favors the people over big business. The Republicans in Ohio have now made it law for the party labels to be next to the judicial candidates on the ballot because they trust that the people in the red counties will vote Republican no matter what. For that reason, they don't think they are going to lose, so they make brazen decisions like this to favor big business. Justice Donnelly, who authored the dissent, is up for reelection this year. So is Melody Stewart who also joined his dissent. But they are going to have a very hard time making it back on the court because of the party labels and the undying loyalty that many people have to the Republican brand. When they won in 2018, there were no party labels on the ballot.

[curiousnerdkitteh]

If you want boneless chicken, don't get a lawyer, buy some supreme court justices. That seems to be how it's done in the USA these days.