Long term residents of a motel situated in Staten Island have filed a lawsuit against the motel owner. They claim they have been attacked by bed bugs and are asking for unspecified monetary damages. Bed bug lawsuits are becoming more common.

The owner of the motel claims that any bed bugs in the motel were brought there by the residents themselves. Since bed bugs can’t talk they make terrible witnesses and thus it’s very difficult to determine who brought the little critters to the motel. The owner also stated that they spray the rooms every day. He didn’t mention if professionals were spraying the rooms or if amateurs using standard bug spray were providing the treatments. Bug sprays don’t kill the annoying bed bugs.

NJ and NYC hotel and motel owners used to be concerned about cockroaches, spiders and perhaps some mice. I’m not sure they are concerned about getting slapped with a cockroach lawsuit but bed bugs lawsuits can be expensive and bad for public relations. It’s not easy being a NJ or NYC hotel or motel owner.

If you have NJ, NYC, Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx or Brooklyn bed bugs ask a NJ, NY bed bugs pest control expert to destroy them.