Judge hears case of prison chicken

BURLINGTON, VT (AP) - Three men suing over frozen chicken they ate while in prison are getting their day in court.

Christopher Butts, of Dayville, Conn., says he bit into a piece of Banquet Crispy Chicken that contained pus and entrails after buying it in a prison store in 2005. He says he spit it out and got sick, lost weight and can no longer eat chicken.

Two other men -- a former and current inmate at the same prison -- are seeking emotional damages, but acknowledged during the trial Thursday in U.S. District Court in Burlington that they didn't get sick from the chicken.

A lawyer for defendant ConAgra Foods asked a judge to throw out the suit.

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