A 40-year-old Portland man says he lost half of his foot after it became infected from unsterilized tools used during a pedicure he received at a local nail salon.
Nathan Fields has filed a $913,000 lawsuit against Eden Salon & Spa, claiming that a nail technician “severely cut” his big toe during the March 2025 pedicure and that ultimately led to two amputations that carved away all of his toes and much of his foot.
Fields’ attorney, Damian Idiart, said Fields has diabetes but that he reasonably could have expected to live the rest of his life with his foot intact had it not been for the severe cut or other major injury…