FAQ: Where can I read about bed bug lawsuits? Can you help me find a lawyer?
By nobugsonme on Mar 17, 2007 in FAQs, bed bugs, bedbugs, hotels, housing laws, landlords, lawsuits, legal, news, real estate, summer camp, tenants
Where can I read about bed bug lawsuits? Here are some cases discussed online. (Links which are internal to the blog have additional links to news reports and sometimes case information.)
Furniture Rental
Customer of Aaron Rents (they rented an infested living room suite) 2007
Summer Camp
Family sues YMCA Camp Storer claiming kid brought bed bugs home from camp 2008
Hotel guests
Winnipeg Howard Johnson’s motel sued by Toronto resident, Steven Lipson April 2008
Milford Plaza, NYC hotel guest sues hotel and hotel’s PCO for negligence, in progress, March 2008 (punitive damages dropped); Bedbugger and New York Law Journal
Guest of Roger Smith Hotel, NYC, 2007
Siloam Springs (bed bugs in motel caused nightmares) 2007
NYC Opera Soprano at the Phoenix Hilton Suites 2006
Mandarin Oriental, London here and here and here. 2006
BURL MATHIAS and DESIREE MATHIAS, v. ACCOR ECONOMY LODGING, INC. and MOTEL 6 OPERATING L.P. (2003)
Tenants
Presidential Towers in Chicago here and here and here. 2007
Maya Rudolph’s case: press is here. 2007
Brooklyn tenant sues 2007
Peter H. Young (Ludlow Street, NYC)
See also:
Landlords talking about bed bugs and How to Avoid a Bed Bug Lawsuit (for lawyers)
Hotel lawyers talking about bed bugs here and here and here.
Your rights as a tenant and how to organize.
This won’t ever be comprehensive, but there are obvious gaps, so feel free to post comments below with additional links I might add.
Can you help me find a lawyer?
No, sorry. We are not a legal service, we’re not lawyers, and we haven’t sued.
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nobugsonme | Aug 8, 2007 | Reply
Updated 8/7/2007.
liat | Dec 5, 2007 | Reply
hi
i am a social worker on a mental health team at a community clinic. we see clients on a weekly basis sometimes, and at their homes. more and more of our clients have bedbugs.
recently, i discovered i brought these bugs home.
the human ressources, the union, the safety at work department, . . . have no idea how to proceed with the case.
anyone else has a similar experience or any suggestions on how to respond to what i have to go through as a result of my work and for prevention in the futur.
thanks,
Liat
nobugsonme | Dec 5, 2007 | Reply
liat,
getting bed bugs at work is increasingly a problem for people in many professions.
this post is about lawsuits.
You might want to read the other FAQs (click the blue FAQs button at top right, or Frequently Asked Questions in the top menubar) in the section about avoiding bed bugs while you travel. Even though you’re not “traveling” per se, many of the same recommendations will apply.
Other FAQs may help you now, as you work to eliminate your bed bugs.
If you have further questions, you can go to the forums (orange button top right or click “Get advice” in the top menu bar). But please do read the FAQs first as I expect you will find them useful.
Chris Howe | Feb 29, 2008 | Reply
Need an attourney in the Phoenix/Mesa area. Have documented bed bug bites from hotel.
nobugsonme | Mar 1, 2008 | Reply
Hi Chris,
You might want to contact one of the lawyers mentioned in one of the suits above, or use the American Bar Association website for a lawyer referral.
nobugsonme | Mar 29, 2008 | Reply
Added Milford Plaza info