Mountain Lion Bug with Late 2008 15" Macbook Pro

While draging any type of file from one place to another it seems as if my mouse sticks when i let go of the button. My track pad is not broken because I grabed a Magic mouse, and still same problem. The only way to fix this I have found is relaunching finder, which then puts the file back in its original spot.
Please Help! This is driving me crazy!
Also here is a video I made for my issue...
Its still uploading if you viewing this at 10:30 10/18/12
http://youtu.be/RE_WtrKhmkU
Thankyou Very Much!
Joshua Campbell

Something is going on with your Accessibility preferences, though I am not sure what.
System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad >
Verify both Mouse and Trackpad Options. If you cannot find anything obvious then change one or more of the settings and determine if it has any effect.

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