The Ohio Supreme Court in July ruled that lower courts were correct to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a man who ate a boneless chicken wing and got a bone stuck in his throat. “Boneless,” the Republican justices held, describes the “cooking style” of the wings. “A reasonable consumer could have reasonably anticipated and guarded against the bone at issue in this case,” the majority reasoned. So he couldn’t make his case to a jury. This decision was ridiculed nationally. "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert called the decision “hot legal garbage.” The plaintiff asked the court for reconsideration and a ruling announced Monday handed back the same decision — but not without pointed dissent from Democrats and a citation of cleveland.com’s Editorial Board. Wrote Democratic Justice Michael P. Donnelly: "If the public cannot trust the judiciary to be faithful in small things — like whether ‘boneless’ can reasonably be understood as not including bones — how can the judiciary be trusted with greater things?” — Laura |
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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled, 4-3, on Monday against reconsidering its July decision that no reasonable person would not think "boneless" meant no bones when ordering chicken wings. The ruling blocked from trial a case in which a man sued a Butler County eatery after he got a large bone caught in his throat. |
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Wing ruling: The request for the Ohio Supreme Court to reconsider its boneless wings decision shows opponents to the court’s original 4-3 ruling are still angry about the case, reports Robert Higgs. Teacher retirement: The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio is allowing teachers to retire after 33 years – currently they must have 34 years of service – for a limited time, with an eye on making the reduced time more permanent. Laura Hancock reports about 13% of the pension plan’s active members would be eligible to retire a year earlier during the limited time period. There were around 175,000 active members last year. Today in Ohio: Matt Huffman is poised to become the first state lawmaker since the 19th Century to serve as both Ohio House Speaker and Senate President – and the first in state history to move between them without interruption. We’re talking about how Huffman has amassed power on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Fracking parks: State officials voted Monday to award Gulfport Energy rights to frack about 30 acres of the Egypt Valley Wildlife Area in Belmont County and initiated the bidding process for additional fracking at Salt Fork State Park as well, reports Sean McDonnell. The Oil and Gas Land Management Commission is accustomed to conducting their business while being heckled by a group of roughly two dozen protesters who chanted, sang and shouted while the meeting proceeded, leaving votes and discussion at times inaudible over the noise. U.S. 20: The nation’s longest road – U.S. 20 – will be designated the “National Medal of Honor Highway” under legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives approved Monday. Sabrina Eaton reports the name change will honor all 3,519 Medal of Honor recipients and those who receive the award in the future. Sloopys: After readers submitted hundreds of nominations in more than two dozen categories, it’s time for the public to weigh in on who deserves to win a 2024 Sloopy Award, writes Jeremy Pelzer. |
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Child mortality: Cuyahoga County saw “an alarming increase” in the number of children dying last year, according to a new report, and officials are meeting today to discuss what to do about it. Kaitlin Durbin reports there were 190 child deaths in the county in 2023, according to the Cuyahoga County Child Fatality Review Board’s latest report, a 25% increase from the 152 reported in 2022. Council maps: Cleveland residents will get their first look at new ward maps Tuesday in what has become a rushed redistricting process, reports Sean McDonnell. Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin will unveil the proposed ward maps at a news conference at 3 p.m. today. The city will go from 17 to 15 wards because of population loss in the 2020 U.S. Census. Buttigieg visit: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg wants Midwesterners to kick any thoughts that “you have to leave your hometown to build your future” to the curb. To make that possible, he believes in building businesses and infrastructure that encourage growth in Midwestern cities like Cleveland and investing broadly in states like Ohio. He relayed this message to a sold-out audience of 1,000 people at the Mimi Ohio Theater in Playhouse Square on Monday night, Zachary Smith reports. West Side Market: Cuyahoga County is kicking in $1.3 million to help renovate the West Side Market, but more money still is needed before the work can begin, reports Kaitlin Durbin. County Council unanimously approved the community development grant money last week at its final meeting of the year, helping shrink – but not close – the funding gap that the market must fill before it can begin the first phase of a total $68 million renovation. Ski season: Boston Mills and Alpine Valley, popular Northeast Ohio ski resorts, will open for the season Friday. The lifts will start running at both parks at 3 p.m. Friday, with several slopes and lifts open, reports Susan Glaser. |
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Birth control: Almost 70% of women of reproductive age say that avoiding pregnancy is very important to them, according to recently released findings from the 2024 KFF Women’s Health Survey. Julie Washington reports that 20% of uninsured women had to stop using a birth control method because they couldn’t afford it. Shoreway tower: A 13-story mixed-use high-rise is one step closer to towering over Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, reports Megan Sims. Developers are planning to construct the tentatively named Shoreway Tower adjacent to the historic Shoreway apartment complex in the Battery Park district near Gordon Square. |
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Dealership fire: Dozens of Cleveland firefighters doused a blaze early Monday morning that caused more than $500,000 in damage to a car dealership and repair shop on the city’s West Side. Fire crews responded to Byright Auto Sales at 4810 Lorain Ave. shortly after 12:30 a.m. |
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Ask Lucas: How do you get your daughter to stop stealing other people’s clean clothes and just do her own laundry? Lucas Daprile reports that one solution is to slowly make your fashion sense so abominable, such an atrocity for the eye to behold, that she would never dare be seen wearing your clothes. Hip-hop tour: Fans of Gen-X hip-hop will get a healthy heaping of the music from their halcyon days when St. Louis rapper Nelly brings his “Where The Party At” tour to Blossom Music Center on Aug. 5, Malcom X Abram reports. James Taylor: Rock & Roll Hall of Famer James Taylor will be on the road next summer with his “All-Star Band” and will bring all of that musical star power to Blossom Music Center on June 24, reports Malcolm X Abram. Keith Urban: Celebrated singer-songwriter-guitarist Keith Urban will hit the road next summer with his “High and Alive” tour, which will stop at Blossom Music Center on June 27. Malcolm X Abram reports that Chase Matthew, Alana Springsteen and Karley Scott Collins will open the show. Mary J. Blige: Mary J. Blige, aka The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and a 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, has expanded her upcoming “The For My Fans Tour” to include a stop at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on April 1, reports Malcolm X Abram. New venue: AEG Presents and Jacobs Entertainment have announced the inaugural concert lineup for their new live event space called Globe Iron. Peter Chakerian reports the new “multi-purpose event venue” features a 1,200-capacity indoor concert hall space and a courtyard for outdoor entertainment. New Berlin: The New Berlin Brewing Co. recently passed its two-year anniversary in October, reports Marc Bona. Like many businesses and hobbies, the project was born out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fine dining: Cleveland.com’s Best Of team has detailed the 21 highest-ranked fine-dining restaurants in Cleveland, as reviewed by users on the ever-popular Tripadvisor website. |
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