Woman Burned At Baltimore Nail Salon Gets $1M

BALTIMORE - A Pennsylvania woman badly burned at a Baltimore nail salon will receive $1 million in a settlement with the salon's insurer.

Niquita Andrews went to Nail Studio to get her acrylic fingernails removed last year and was allegedly burned when acetone was poured into a hot cup intended to heat wax. She sued for $5 million alleging the shop's negligence caused her to suffer second-degree burns on 40 percent of her body.

Andrews' attorney, Steven Freeman, called the $1 million settlement reached last week with State Farm Insurance Co. appropriate in light of Maryland's statutory cap of $710,000 on non-economic damages and Andrews' economic damages of about $300,000. Freeman says the economic damages include about $150,000 in medical expenses and lost income.
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Information from: The Daily Record of Baltimore, http://www.mddailyrecord.com