NJ man lost toe, part of his foot due to burns from ‘searing’ pool deck at Trump resort: lawsuit

A New Jersey man misplaced a toe and a part of his foot after he was critically burned by a “searing” pool deck on the Trump Worldwide Seashore Resort in Florida, he claimed in a lawsuit.

Theoharis Lekas, 52, had “devastating” third-degree burns to each toes throughout an August trip on the resort, he mentioned in Manhattan Supreme Court docket papers.

The resort, also referred to as Sunny Isles, did nothing to chill down the deck and didn’t have indicators recommending individuals use footwear, Lekas contends within the litigation.

Lekas claimed he couldn’t really feel his toes burning as a result of he suffers from diabetic neuropathy, which “prompted him to lose feeling in his toes.”

He solely realized his toes have been injured on the ultimate day of the journey, when he tried to place socks on and observed they have been peeling, in response to the court docket submitting.

The situation worsened as soon as he returned residence, Lekas alleged within the submitting, including he needed to be rushed to the hospital.

Whereas his left foot ultimately healed, his proper foot developed a “bullet-hole-shaped ulcer” which continued to develop “wider and deeper, till it reached the bone,” he claimed in court docket papers accusing the resort of negligence.

The appendage then swelled to the scale of a soccer, and one in every of his toes grew to become gangrenous, Lekas claimed.

Finally, he needed to have a part of his foot amputated.

The weekend go to to the resort — which isn’t immediately owned by Donald Trump however falls below The Trump Group umbrella — “irrevocably and critically impaired” his life, Lekas charged.

The wound has not but healed and he has “been instructed to anticipate additional accidents,” he mentioned in court docket papers, wherein he seeks unspecified damages.

Lekas’ lawyer, Invoice Matsikoudis, instructed DailyMail.com the damages might be ‘north of $1 million.”

The resort didn’t instantly reply to a message searching for remark.