There are many examples, but three of the most popular include a woman who filed a lawsuit against Catskills resort for $27 million; she was bitten so bad that she can no longer stay in hotels. Because this is a critical part of how she makes her living (she’s in entertainment booking), she can no longer continue her lifestyle.
The second involves a woman staying at the Hilton hotel in Ohio; Sai Kim filed a lawsuit for more than $5 million, claiming that she ended up with 150 bedbug bites on her hands, feet, face, fingers, toes, legs, neck, back, chest, stomach, and genitals.
The claim reads like this:
As a direct result of exposure to bedbugs, she was left physically scarred and emotionally damaged, directly resulting from the defendant’s negligence. In addition, the hotel breached its duty to provide reasonably safe accommodations that eventually led to “embarrassing injury and tremendous emotional distress.
The last case, and probably the most significant bedbug case ever settled out of court, was a woman bitten more than 400 times while staying at a Hotel in San Francisco. Some say that she received $71,000 to settle her bedbug claim.
If you are bitten by bed bugs when you wake from a hotel, take pictures before you talk to management. Document everything you discuss with the manager, name, conversation, etc.
Ask to see the bed bug inspection sheet they were given after the pest control company did their last inspection. Most hotels have a company treat just to be safe, and they should not have a problem providing this.
Unfortunately, many managers claim the hotel has never had a problem. You should search our hotel bed bug registry for complaints. You have additional evidence if you find complaints, but the manager claims otherwise.