A customer attempted to sue TGI Fridays after discovering their Mozzarella Sticks are filled with cheddar cheese.
Amy Joseph, from Illinois, US, launched a lawsuit against TGI Fridays in 2021 along with Inventure Foods after being left horrified to find out her Mozzarella Sticks contain cheddar cheese - and no mozzarella.
On Monday, Federal judge Robert Dow Jr dropped the case against TGI Fridays but has allowed the case to continue against the makers of the food Inventure Foods.
He agreed the name is misleading as the product contains no mozzarella cheese.
In court documents, he wrote: "While plaintiff makes wide-ranging allegations in her complaint about TGIF’s role in the creation of the product, the product’s packaging — and the complaint — show that TGI Fridays is only the licensor of the mark."
Amy purchased the TGI Friday snacks from Amazon but was left astonished when she read the ingredients on the back which states there is no "mozzarella".
She claims the snack is misleading after "reasonably" expecting the item to contain some kind of mozzarella.
The ingredients list on the back of the packet states the mozzarella sticks are actually filled with cheddar cheese.
Court documents argued Amy had a "reasonable understanding that mozzarella sticks, by definition, contain mozzarella cheese".
However, the judge said the lawsuit against TGI Fridays could not continue despite their licensing trademark logo appearing on the products.
He did allow the case to brought against Inventure Foods - with the damages sought by Amy said to be unclear.
Thomas Zimmerman Jr, Amy's lawyer, said: "We are pleased with the judge’s ruling. The judge agreed with us that the claims in the lawsuit have merit, the case should not be dismissed.
"We intend to proceed against Inventure Foods on behalf of the nationwide class of purchasers of TGI Fridays mozzarella sticks."
The claim comes just weeks after a woman launched a $5million (£4m) lawsuit against the makers of microwaveable mac and cheese.
Amanda Ramirez, from Florida, was furious at the company's claims it only takes three and a half minutes to prepare.
She criticised the instructions saying they don't factor in the other steps required to make the ready meal and the 3.5 minutes is just the time needed in the microwave.
Kraft Heinz Foods Company, who also make Heinz Baked Beanz, has slammed the class action lawsuit as "frivolous."
