Kallie Cox//October 23, 2024//
One Sunday, Calvin Raymond’s wife, Christine, convinced him to get a mani-pedi with her at ATN Nails and Spa. The aftermath of this trip resulted in infection, injury and months of lost wages.
Raymond’s attorney, Scott D. Kehlenbrink of Reinoehl Kehlenbrink, was able to obtain a $112,000 verdict for his client in a jury trial after Raymond’s finger was cut and later became infected during his manicure.
Raymond went to urgent care three or four days after the manicure because the injury to his finger was not improving, Kehlenbrink said.
“They give him some antibiotics and basically, over the next two to three weeks, the thing just continues to not get better and it’s probably getting worse. It’s starting to have some drainage and stuff like that underneath the nail,” Kehlenbrink said. “Long story short, he eventually had to have an orthopedic doctor perform surgery on the finger and they removed the nail and they debrided — which means to clean out the nail bed — and they took a piece of Calvin’s finger and sent it off to the lab to see what the heck was causing this infection.”
The lab results revealed that it was a resistant strain of bacteria that could only be treated by an IV antibiotic.
Raymond had to miss months of work for these IV treatments, Kehlenbrink said.
“Ultimately, his finger made a really good recovery,” Kehlenbrink said. “You wouldn’t know now that it ever occurred.”
The settlement Kehlenbrink obtained for his client was several times larger than what his client had asked for before going to a jury trial.
“This was almost entirely a non-economic verdict and so we submitted approximately $12,500 in lost wages and that was the only economic number, we did not submit medical bills,” Kehlenbrink said. “I think that the jury really appreciated the non-economic nature of his injury. I think they basically assigned about $100,000 to the non-economic side and then gave him 12,000 for his economics. So, we were pleased with $100,000 for a non-economic result on a finger, which ended up looking pretty darn good.”
Dan Wilke, of Wilke and Wilke, declined to comment.
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- Amount of verdict, judgment or settlement: $112,000
- Type of action: Personal Injury
- Venue: St. Louis County Circuit Court
- Case Number/Date: 22SL-CC03303/9/26/2024
- Judge: Brian May
- Plaintiffs’ Experts: Dr. Philip Budge
- Defendant’s Experts: Dr, Cristina Guillamet
- Injuries: Dermatological
- Caption: Calvin Raymond v. ATN Nails and Spa
- Plaintiffs’ Attorneys: Scott D. Kehlenbrink of Reinoehl Kehlenbrink.
- Defendants’ Attorneys: Dan Wilke of Wilke and Wilke.
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