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Should Have Seen This Coming? Landlord Sued for Failure to Warn

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Commercial Real Estate Agent with American Apartment Owners Association

landlord helpA high-school teacher who says she was humiliated by students and peers over bite marks on her arms is suing her landlord over the culprits- bedbugs that invaded her apartment after she had lived there for a year.

The former tenant, who claims she can no longer go to bed at night without turning her room upside down hunting for bugs and needs to keep her arms covered even in the summer to hide scarring, filed suit against her former Baltimore-area landlord asking the court for a judgment in excess of $100,000. Read more...

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Pat Champion
John Roberts Realty - Eustis, FL
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This will be an interesting case to follow and could set precedence for all other cases. I have seen a lot about this on the news.

Sep 22, 2010 05:19 AM
Victor Zuniga
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services California Properties - San Diego, CA

I've been hearing about this bed bug epidemic sweeping across the country. Just this morning our local NPR station had a segment on the outbreak of bed bugs. I'm interested in seeing the outcome of this court case.

Sep 22, 2010 05:19 AM
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd. - Charlottesville, VA
LandlordWhisperer

Bedbugs is the NEW Mold and Lead because they are EVERYWHERE. The MORE the media makes a BIG DEAL about this, the MORE silly lawsuits there will be.

Sep 23, 2010 12:49 AM