{"id":5376,"date":"2010-09-02T14:26:40","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T21:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.aitkenlaw.com\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2010-09-02T14:26:40","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T21:26:40","slug":"nail-salon-burn-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/09\/02\/nail-salon-burn-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"$2,000,000: Negligence at Nail Salon Leads to Burn Injury Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CASE DESCRIPTION:<\/strong> On January 6, 2009 Josie G.  went to get a pedicure at a nail salon in Orange.&nbsp; A customer of the salon for five years, Josie  G. regularly visited the salon for  pedicures.&nbsp;&nbsp; Her pedicurist that day was one she used on a number of occasions.&nbsp;  Josie G. was diabetic and the pedicurist had known that because they had  spoken about the disease in the past.&nbsp;  Josie\u2019s diabetes causes her to have little to no feeling in her lower  extremities.&nbsp; While Josie\u2019s feet were in  the tub the pedicurist asked if the water was warm enough<strong>, <\/strong>and walked  away.<\/p>\n<p>The only customer in the  salon at the time, Josie sat there with her feet soaking in the hot water,  unattended while her pedicurist went to the back of the salon.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ms. G.\u2019s pedicure was eventually completed  and she went home.&nbsp; It wasn\u2019t until that  evening that Josie noticed blisters on her feet.<\/p>\n<p>Josie eventually went the to  Western Medical Center where they admitted her to the Grossman Burn Center for  3rd degree burns and a high fever.&nbsp;  Following this initial treatment from burn specialists, the Plaintiff  was transferred to the&nbsp;intensive care unit.&nbsp;  The Plaintiff remained in the hospital for nearly a year where doctors  placed skin grafts on her left foot, treated the Plaintiff for two heart  attacks, and placed her on dialysis due to kidney damage that was caused by the  toxins in the burns. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULT:<\/strong> $2,000,000.00- Policy limits paid shortly after  mediation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPE OF CASE: <\/strong>Negligence case regarding <a title=\"Burn Injuries\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/orange-county-burn-injury-lawyers\/\">burn injuries<\/a> and medical  complications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INJURIES: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3rd degree burns to at least one foot<\/li>\n<li>High fever turned into difficult breathing and  pneumonia<\/li>\n<li>Mild heart attack<\/li>\n<li>Kidney failure<\/li>\n<li>Bed sores on the lower back<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DATE &amp; LOCATION OF INCIDENT:<\/strong> January 6, 2009, Nail Star &amp; Spa Salon, Orange, California<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S AGE:<\/strong> 66 years old<\/p>\n<p><strong>OCCUPATION:<\/strong> Retired<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAINTIFF\u2019S ATTORNEYS:<\/strong> <a title=\"DARREN O. AITKEN\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/staff\/darren-aitken\/\">DARREN O. AITKEN<\/a> of AITKEN * AITKEN * COHN<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENDANT\u2019S ATTORNEYS:<\/strong> Nancy J. DePasquale, Esq. of Willis &amp; DePasquale, LLP<\/p>\n<p>If you think you have a case, contact our <a title=\"Contact Orange County Lawyers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orange County personal injury lawyers<\/a> for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASE DESCRIPTION: On January 6, 2009 Josie G. went to get a pedicure at a nail salon in Orange.&nbsp; A customer of the salon for five years, Josie G. regularly visited the salon for pedicures.&nbsp;&nbsp; Her pedicurist that day was one she used on a number of occasions.&nbsp; Josie G. was diabetic and the pedicurist&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/09\/02\/nail-salon-burn-injury\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[699],"class_list":["post-5376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verdicts-settlements","tag-serious-personal-injury"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}