Chicago Man Sues Buffalo Wild Wings for False Advertisement, Says ‘Boneless Wings’ are Just Chicken Nuggets

A Chicago man is suing Buffalo Wild Wings for false advertisement claiming the restaurant tricked him into thinking boneless wings were actually wings.

Aimen Halim filed a complaint on Friday alleging that the boneless wings are more like chicken nuggets.

The plaintiff said the wings are “slices of chicken breast meat deep-fried like wings.”

“Unbeknownst to Plaintiff and other consumers, the Products are not wings at all, but instead, slices of chicken breast meat deep-fried like wings,” the complaint stated. “Indeed, the Products are more akin, in composition, to a chicken nugget rather than a chicken wing.”

Haim described the wings as clear-cut “false advertising.”

“Consumers should be able to rely on the plain meaning of a product’s name and receive what they are promised,” Haim said. He added that if he knew it was chicken breasts, he wouldn’t have paid as much for the “wings.”

The plaintiff advises the popular food chain to change the name of the wings and maybe call it “boneless chicken.”

“Had Mr. Halim known that the Products are not chicken wings, he would not have purchased them, or would have paid significantly less for them,” the lawsuit states. “As a result, Mr. Halim suffered a financial injury due to Defendants’ false and deceptive conduct.”