Woman sues nail salon, says pedicure resulted in leg amputation
A woman has sued a Portland, Oregon, nail salon, contending that a pedicure resulted in the amputation of her right leg.
Madhu Kumar alleges in her complaint that a Nails Trap pedicurist tried to shave calluses off her feet in 2012, resulting in the negligent laceration of “the media distal tip of (Kumar’s) right hallux,” otherwise known as the big toe, the Oregonian reports.
Profuse bleeding and gangrene to her toe resulted, eventually resulting in the amputation of her toe and leg, Kumar alleges.
She is seeking $280,000 in damages in the Multnomah County Circuit Court suit. It doesn’t say whether she had an pre-existing health condition, such as diabetes, that might have put her at greater risk of foot problems, the newspaper reports.
The owners of the nail salon and the pedicurist could not be reached for comment by the Oregonian.
