Walmart Worker Paints Woman's Nails After She Was Denied Service

<p>A woman with cerebral palsy was denied service at a Michigan nail salon so a Walmart employee stepped in to help, a woman wrote on her Facebook page last week.&nbsp;</p>

Tuesday, August 7th 2018, 10:51 am

By: News 9


A woman with cerebral palsy was denied service at a Michigan nail salon so a Walmart employee stepped in to help, a woman wrote on her Facebook page last week.

Tasia Smith said the wheelchair-bound woman was denied service at Wal-Mart's nail salon "Da Vi nails" because she "moves too much." 

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A woman with cerebral palsy was denied service at a Michigan nail salon so a Walmart employee stepped in to help, a woman wrote on her Facebook page last week. 

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