Landscaper sues over severed fingers

A Tomball man is one of three men being sued by a former landscaping worker who alleges that he lost his fingers in a landscaping accident.

Pedro Maldonado filed a lawsuit on Oct. 5 in the Harris County District Court against Marco A. Velazquez, Eric Cervantes and Vincente E. Velazquez, claiming negligence.

 

Maldonado claims that on March 26, 2010, while working as an employee for the landscaping business owned by the three defendants, he was asked to tend to a lawnmower that he described as being in disrepair, and his fingers were severed in the lawnmower blade.

 

"In an attempt to control the bleeding, defendant Vicente thought it would be a good idea to through [sic] gasoline in the plaintiff's face to control the bleeding," Maldonado's lawyer said in the suit. "Needless to say, the medical care provided by Vicente neither stopped the bleeding nor caused the Plaintiffs fingers to re-attach themselves."

 

Due to the loss of his fingers, the plaintiff is seeking damages including actual damages, special damages, medical costs, physical pain and mental anguish in the past and future, court costs and any other damages they are entitled to by the court. 

 

The plaintiff seeks a maximum recovery of $1 million. 

 

Maldonado is being represented in the case by Houston attorney Norman L. Straub.

 

Harris County District Court Case No. 2010-65336

 

 

This is a report on a civil lawsuit filed at the Harris County Courthouse. The details in this report come from an original complaint filed by a plaintiff. Please note, a complaint represents an accusation by a private individual, not the government. It is not an indication of guilt, and it only represents one side of the story.