Holiday Inn Select by O'Hare sued over bed bug infestation
Last summer, I had my first ever experience with what I think were bed bugs. It was bad. Real bad. A bunch of us were staying in a lodge on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and I was unlucky enough to have the bunk with the bedbugs. I changed mattresses twice, maybe three times, but each time the bugs moved with me.
So I can sympathize with the plaintiffs in today's case. And as a result, I will not tag this entry frivolous or for real. We are not playing that game today. This is for real. Bed bugs are evil, insidious creatures.
The plaintiffs in this case understand this, because they rented a room at the Holiday Inn Select in Rosemont, and got a room that was infested with bed bugs.
As a result of spending a night with the bedbugs, they "suffered physical and psychological injuries, requiring them to incur medical expenses, pain and suffering, disability and loss of wages."
Those are some pretty bad injuries. I wouldn't say that after my bedbug experience I had psychological injuries, but I sure do have some semi-embarrassing candid photos from that week tagged on Facebook, in which I'm constantly looking at my hands. There were so many of these photos that one friend noticed and left a comment asking why I was persistently
staring at my nails. Not my nails, dude. Bedbug bites, all over my fingers.
Anyway, I had it better than these plaintiffs did, because according to the complaint, the bugs were "unknowingly transported from the defendants' room to plaintiffs' home and have subsequently infested plaintiffs' home." That... well, bites.
The plaintiffs are asking for an amount in excess of $50,000. I suppose that'll more than cover the costs of an exterminator, some new mattresses, and a heck of lot of anti-itch cream.
Just for fun, the complaint. -
bedbugs suit.pdf
2 Comments
Megan Cottrell said:
That is so terrible! Ick! Have you ever heard the This American Life on bed bugs? It freaked me out! Now, whenever I find a little red bite on me, I go crazy looking for bed bugs. They should get the money, just for the fact that if the bed bugs came home with them, they are going to have to replace every bit of furniture they have and maybe even move to get rid of them!
I am not a germ or cleanliness freak, but this makes me never want to stay in a Holiday Inn again.
layla said:
OMG I just stayed there last month, thank god i used used my allersac for protection, maybe there were bedbugs in my bed ! i hope they win their case. a cousin of mine was bitten many times on a visit to NYC but i didn't know Chicago had this problem
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