'Boneless Wings' Aren't Really Wings. Is That Fraud? |
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'Boneless Wings' Aren't Really Wings. Is That Fraud?
"Our boneless wings are all white meat chicken....Our buffalo wings are 0% buffalo," Buffalo Wild Wings admitted.
Jacob Sullum | From the June 2026 issue
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Back in January 2023, Aimen Halim bought an order of "boneless wings" at a Buffalo Wild Wings outlet in Mount Prospect, Illinois. At the time, he claims, he assumed the product was composed of deboned chicken wing meat. But to his horror, he discovered that it was in fact made from chicken breast meat. That revelation resulted in a federal lawsuit: Halim sued the restaurant chain two months later, alleging breach of express warranty, common law fraud, and unjust enrichment.
When U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp Jr. dismissed that lawsuit in February 2026,........