Tampa woman receives over $ 1 billion for losing leg to pedicure

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A woman was the victim of a serious infection, which led to the amputation of one of her legs, after visiting a beauty shop to get a pedicure and manicure. For this the woman will receive a millionaire compensation, this happened in Tampa, according to a local newspaper.

Clara Shellman, from 55 years, according to his lawyer, went to the salon “Tammy’s Nail 2” and because of a cut on his foot during his pedicure he had an infection that caused his leg was amputated from the knee.

Paul Follmer, Shellman’s attorney, reported that the affected client arrived in the past 16 December to an agreement with the beauty salon and you will receive $ 1, 750 million dollars.

This happened in the 2018, however the infectious, amputation and treatment process was long and expensive to the point that the victim lost her home to cover medical expenses.

The woman in question suffered of a peripheral arterial disease, however, the lawsuit proceeded because it could be demonstrated that the tools used by the aesthetic employee did not have adequate hygiene.

The lawsuit was against the beauty salon itself and not against the specific employee . At first, the beauty salon’s argument was that the client did not take responsibility for her wound care and let the infection progress.

The client’s lawyer, although he affirmed that she deserved compensation, but that “a millionaire was never expected”: “We would have been happy with at least half of what we received.”

It was also known that Shellman has a record of 52 criminal records, including arrests for robbery, drug possession and violation of probation.