A podiatrist claims that his employer, Dr. Bruce Pinker ”“ he of television commercial prominence for promotions of laser treatment for toenail fungus ”“ stiffed him for $550,000 when he walked away from the job.
Dr. Kaylan Danneeru of Texas accused Pinker”™s Progressive Foot Care of breach of contract on Sept. 1 in Westchester Supreme Court.
Pinker did not respond to an email request for his side of the story.
Danneeru worked in Progressive”™s White Plains and Nanuet offices from June 2017 to this past January.
Progressive agreed to pay Danneeru 40% of all fees collected for his services every week, according to the complaint, but he received nothing for more than 4,000 patient treatments.
Based on an average payment of $313.50 per patient interaction, the complaint states, he should have received $125.40 for each service, or at least $501,600.
In addition, Progressive allegedly failed to pay Danneeru any patient copays, bringing the total amount owed to more than $550,000.
Danneeru is represented by Brooklyn attorney Justin T. Kelton.
