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Anna Betts in New York

US judge says lawsuit over Buffalo Wild Wings ‘boneless wings’ lacks meat

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The Ohio supreme court ruled on 25 July 2024 that consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

A customer who sued the US restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings after finding out their “boneless wings” were not in fact made of wings has been told by a US judge that his claim has “has no meat on its bones”.

Buffalo Wild Wings can continue using the term “boneless wings” on its menu even though the product is “essentially chicken nuggets”, John Tharp, a district judge, ruled, dismissing a lawsuit that claimed the chain was misleading customers.

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