COLUMBUS — A state lawmaker has introduced a new bill that aims to hold food companies accountable.
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State Senator William Demora (D - District 25) introduced Senate Bill 38, also known as the “Boneless Wing Bill”, on January 28.
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The bill intends to “provide for a reasonable expectation test in determining liability for injury caused by consumption of food containing a substance injurious to health and for the jury to make that determination.”
It stems from a viral Ohio Supreme Court ruling from the summer of 2024.
The state’s highest court ruled against a man who sued a restaurant in 2017 after he swallowed a boneless wing that had a bone in it.
He said this led to medical issues.
The ruling stated that the customer who ordered the boneless chicken wings could have reasonably expected to find a piece of bone in his meal and guarded against swallowing it.
Right now, Senate Bill 38 is in committee.
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