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Photo: Al Bello / Getty Images
For: EFE
A woman with a circulatory problem who had a leg amputated from the knee down due to a infection arising after getting a pedicure you will receive $ 1, 750, 000 of beauty business dollars, reported local media of Tampa (Florida).
The amount agreed with the manicure and pedicure business Tammy’s Nail 2 was revealed by the lawyer of Clara Shellman, of 55 years, who not only lost a leg due to the infection produced by a cut on the foot during the pedicure.
The Tampa Bay newspaper indicated that, due to the medical expenses incurred to treat the infection , Shellan lost her home, according to attorney Paul Fulmer of Morgan & Morgan .
The infection spread rapidly through the foot and lower leg due to peripheral arterial disease suffered by Shellman.
In the lawsuit it is stated that the tools used by the employee who did Shellman’s pedicure in 2018 were not clean.
“When she frequented this salon, Ms. Shellman had a reasonable expectation that the professionals who worked there would keep their tools clean to protect her health and safety,” Fulmer said, according to the television channel WFLA.
“While no amount of money can really compensate for a life-changing injury, I am happy that this settlement will compensate her for a world of pain and suffering that was not her fault, “he added.
The lawsuit was filed in May 2020 and the The owners of the defendant business initially denied allegations that the required sanitary conditions had not been met.
Tammy’s Nails He said that Shellman herself was responsible for what happened to him for not having immediately seen a doctor or “having made reasonable efforts to stop the spread of the infection,” according to information from the Tampa Bay Times.
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