chicken wings, an item that was never served to students because they contain bones
I mean, WHAT? Is that true? Fellow Americans, please tell me that it is some local insanity or something. Or may be it is one of that anti-lawyer things like "do not put pets in microwave" in microwave oven manuals or "do not eat" on bags with silica gel in shoes box?
I remember being served chicken with bones when I was in elementary school, but never in high school… hmmm… does sound like a legal thing. Us Americans sue over everything. My guess is the retarded and autistic kids raised on “tendies” broke their teeth and choked and sued the shit out of them at some point. Injury lawyers are a real problem here and I think it had a large part to contribute to US workplace covid policy.
Every company CEO could hear in their heads the ambulance chasing injury lawyer—- putting each of their employee’s family one-by-one on the witness stand: “Da BOSS MADE DaddY go To the OfFice ta WOrK during an AKSHooul PANdEmiC and now HEEEE’s DEaaAd!!”
Legal Lesson de jour: In civil trials, a jury of only 10/12 has to agree on a verdict, not 12/12 like a criminal trial. THEN the same jury gets to decide damages… THE AMOUNT of untaxed compensation paid by the party being sued. The only state that caps payouts is Delaware, hence all US corporations are chartered there.
Thank you for clarification. That strange for me, being in school (there is one 11 year school in Russia, no elementary/high division) we was served with everything adults eat, including miscelaneous fish and chicken and fruits with bones and clingstones. Nobody even never thought about any risks, or suing, even if somebody choked, that was not big deal, just part of education - be careful, don't eat in hurry. And there was medical room with a doctor in every school in case things go bad, but I don't remember a case it was ever needed for something connected with food. So that sentence was very strange for me and catch my eye.