Woman bit by 500 bed bugs, sues hotel

A Chicago woman is suing a hotel for $20 million after waking up one morning with more than 500 bed bug bites.
"My body felt as if it was on fire. I just wanted to tear it off,” Leslie Fox said.

Leslie Fox, a 54-year-old bookings agent, says that after four nights at the 700-room Nevele Hotel in Ellenville, New York last July, she awoke to find red, itchy welts all over her body. "I had no idea what was happening to me. We noticed the blood on the bed. I became very upset and alarmed,” she said.

She and her husband – who was also bitten, but not so badly – tore the bed apart and found a swarm of bugs under the linens.

When the couple reported to hotel officials that their room was infested, the officials offered two free nights but Fox and Cohen declined, Schnurman said, because they were just itching to leave.

Bed bugs are bloodsuckers, but they are not known to transmit disease. Their bite is painless, and it can take up to nine days for welts to appear. Redness and irritation fade after several days, but one dermatologist says each person reacts differently.

Fox, who has seen five doctors, says she’s still suffering. She says she’s scarred, stressed every time she sleeps in a hotel and afraid she may have unknowingly carried home bedbug eggs that may still hatch.

Damn! This sucks! But if she gets the $200 million… that'll be awesome! I’d be willing to get bitten by 500 bed bugs for that kind of money. When you think about it, it’s kind of like Fear Factor, except with a few legal loop-holes you have to jump through to get your money. Read the full article here.