On Oct. 2, a jury awarded an Arkansas family $546,000 for trauma they said they experienced while staying in a hotel room infested with bed bugs in 2013, Arkansas Online reported.
As reported by Arkansas Online, four years ago Alex and Martha McKindra, both 63, checked into the Hilton Garden Inn Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga while visiting their son in California. The couple’s attorney, Brian Virag, said Martha McKindra still thinks about bed bugs often, fears hotels and struggles to sleep.
On Oct. 2, a San Bernardino County Superior Court jury found that Martha McKindra suffered “severe emotional distress” as a result of the 2013 stay.
During a deposition, Virag said the hotel manager acknowledged that the property’s pest policy had not changed three years after the incident. In court, he argued the hotel knew about its infestation and had experienced problems with bedbugs before and after his clients’ 2013 stay.
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Source: Arkansas Online
As reported by Arkansas Online, four years ago Alex and Martha McKindra, both 63, checked into the Hilton Garden Inn Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga while visiting their son in California. The couple’s attorney, Brian Virag, said Martha McKindra still thinks about bed bugs often, fears hotels and struggles to sleep.
On Oct. 2, a San Bernardino County Superior Court jury found that Martha McKindra suffered “severe emotional distress” as a result of the 2013 stay.
During a deposition, Virag said the hotel manager acknowledged that the property’s pest policy had not changed three years after the incident. In court, he argued the hotel knew about its infestation and had experienced problems with bedbugs before and after his clients’ 2013 stay.
CLICK HERE to read the entire article.
Source: Arkansas Online
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