"At some point, we've all probably made a crack about the incongruity of the term "boneless chicken wings," but most don't turn their mildly wry observations into a lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings. Yet that is exactly what one Chicago-based customer did three years ago. In 2023, Aimen Halim filed suit against the wing chain, alleging that the "boneless wings" designation misled diners into thinking they were ordering deboned chicken wings."
"However, on February 17, 2026, U.S. District Judge John Tharp dismissed Halim's claims, reinforcing the position of "boneless wings" on menus nationwide. Back when the lawsuit was filed, Buffalo Wild Wings disputed the claims, alleging that no reasonable person would think boneless wings were actually made from real chicken wings - and the judge seems to agree. Tharp ruled in favor of BWW, noting that consumers should be able to tell that boneless wings were not necessarily made from wing meat."
Aimen Halim filed a 2023 suit against Buffalo Wild Wings claiming the "boneless wings" label misled customers into expecting deboned chicken wings and caused financial injury. U.S. District Judge John Tharp dismissed the claims on February 17, 2026, finding that reasonable consumers would not interpret boneless wings as made from actual wing meat. The judge noted that "wing" functions as a catch-all term for products like cauliflower wings and cited a 2024 Ohio ruling about "fingers" as marketing language without literal meaning. The decision highlights the difficulty of lawsuits over vague menu marketing terms.
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