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VIDEO: Woman Gets $2.5 Million for Chicken Bone in Pizza

Calia Felicity, 59, was seriously injured by a chicken bone she swallowed while eating pizza at South San Francisco's Round Table restaurant.

An unexpected chicken bone in a pizza hospitalized and nearly killed Calia Felicity, 59, when she swallowed it at South San Francisco's restaurant two years ago.

The bone pierced her esophagus and led to multiple surgeries that still continue, according to the Mercury News.

Now a jury has awarded her $500,000 for medical expenses and $2 million from pain and suffering from Foster Poultry Farms, the chicken provider, and Pizza Bytes, the restaurant franchisee.

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