Boneless wings fly in the face of honest advertising: Lawsuit

Looks like it will be up to the judge whether this lawsuit has wings.

A Chicago man has filed a lawsuit against the chicken wing chain Buffalo Wild Wings for false advertising, saying the boneless wings are overpriced non-wings that are essentially chicken nuggets.

Aimen Halim is alleging that the boneless wings are just “slices of chicken breast meat deep-fried like wings,” and that customers would either pay less for the boneless wings or not purchase them if they knew what the product was made of, Fox News reported.

“This clear-cut case of false advertising should not be permitted, as consumers should be able to rely on the plain meaning of a product’s name and receive what they are promised,” according to the complaint, which was accessed by FOX Television Stations.

In response, Buffalo Wild Wings appears to be going wild with the allegations: “It’s true,” the restaurant chain tweeted on Monday. “Our boneless wings are all white meat chicken. Our hamburgers contain no ham. Our buffalo wings are 0% buffalo.”