My Hotel Room Has Bed Bugs - Lawyer Explains Next Steps

Описание: My Hotel Room Has Bed Bugs - Lawyer Explains Next Steps

Hotel guests check in, go to sleep, and wake up itching. After pulling the sheets back, they find little brown and red bugs crawling on their legs and across the mattress. These are bed bugs. What to do now?

What is a bed bug claim worth? Bed bug lawsuits and bed bug settlements vary widely in value. The bed bug lawyers at Whitney, LLP in Towson, Maryland have earned a reputation for maximizing the value of bed bug claims by using litigation to discover the facts that led to our clients being badly bitten. We recover compensation for victims of bed bug bites against bed bug infested hotels and bed bug infested apartments.

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We primarily handle bed bug cases in Maryland including Baltimore, Frederick, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Bowie, Hagerstown, Annapolis, College Park, Salisbury, Laurel, Ocean City, Cumberland and Glen Burnie.

We have recovered over $14,000,000 for our clients in in compensation related to bed bug bites.

Compensation for bed bug bites can be recovered for:
1. Bodily injury, pain and suffering for red bites, intense itching, scarring
and skin color disfigurement.
2. Emotional distress for shock, disgust, embarrassment, humiliation, anxiety, sleeplessness and constant fear of bed bugs.
3. Discarded property.
4. Economic loss for medical bills, missed work and ruined vacations and trips.
5. Treatment cost for bed bug inspections and treatment.
6. Punitive damages for intentional acts by a property manager lead to a hotel guest or tenant being bitten.

Bed Bugs in Hotels - Legal Claims
Hotels are obligated to provide clean and sanitary rooms, free of bed bugs. Guests may recover damages for their injuries caused by hotel negligence. Hotel bed bug infestations often result in bed bug bites, medical bills, economic loss, property damage and emotional distress.

When a Guest Is Bitten at a Hotel, Whitney, LLP Investigates:
1. History of infestation at the hotel;
2. Prior guest complaints of bed bugs;
3. Bad reviews due to bed bugs;
4. Franchise standards for bed bug inspection and treatment;
5. Hotel accuses guest of bringing bed bugs; and
6. Franchise responsibility for bed bug standards being followed.

Hotels often ignore guest complaints of bed bugs, and do not properly treat infestations between guest turnover. That is what often leads to guests being bitten dozens or hundreds of times during a one or two night stay.

4 Steps to take after being bitten at a hotel:
1. Take pictures and video of the bed bugs, bites and blood on the sheets. Proof of both the bugs and their bites will help to maximize your compensation from bed bugs. If you can catch a bed bug or multiple bugs, and put them in a bag, or video them. Oftentimes during the claims process, a hotel will claim that there were no bed bugs in a guest room.
2. Report the bed bug infestation to the hotel’s front desk and ask to speak with the manager. Writing an email to the manager or assistant manager is a good way of documenting what hotel employees you spoke with, what was said, and your experience.
3. Request the creation of an incident report. Although every hotel should create an incident report to document guest reports of bed bugs, not all of them do. Ask that an incident report be made.
4. Seek medical treatment if necessary. Prescription medications, including cortisone and steroids, are often helpful to lessen the itching and swelling of bed bug bites.

Legal Claims for Apartments infested with Bed Bugs
Being moved into a bed bug-infested apartment destroys the peaceful feeling and can cause tremendous harm to tenants who are forced to deal with infestations.

Apartment Claims can include situations involving:

1. Being moved into an infested apartment;
2. Complaints about bed bugs to landlord were ignored;
3. Repeated ineffective treatments do not stop the infestation and bites;
4. Landlord avoids responsibility for bed bugs;
5. Landlord accuses tenant of bringing the infestation;
6. Being unable to live in the apartment due to the bed bug infestation; and
7. Apartment bed bug infestations often result in bed bug bites, medical bills, economic loss, property damage and emotional distress.

Tenants have many rights and can bring claims against landlords that do not handle bed bug infestations properly.


Here is our blog on our bed bug cases and bed bug legal issues: https://bit.ly/3uBP4Mp​
Here are descriptions of some of our past bed bug settlements: https://bit.ly/3oTmke7​

By: Daniel W. Whitney, Jr., Esq.
Whitney, LLP
409 Washington Ave, Ste 750
Towson, MD 21204
410 583 8000 - Phone
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Of course, each case is different and that the past record is no assurance that we will be successful in reaching a favorable result in any future case.