Bed bugs In My Hotel
I stayed at a chain in NJ outside of NYC. On the fifth day I noticed that my body was covered with bed bug bites. I became sick two days earlier and I left on the 6th day. I had two more days before checking out but the crappy hotel billed me for those two days. When I got home I went to the urgent care unit. The doctor confirmed they were bed bug bites. He gave me all sorts of meds. I had to call out sick for a week. I have scars on my body from the bugs and still suffer from the side effects. I lost over 2k in clothes and other personal items. I have experience emotional distress and trauma. I can't sleep at night and clean my house almost every day for fear of bugs. The little critters came back with me from NJ and I've had to throw away more items like my mattresses, couch, TV, DVD player, books, etc. I've spent countless of dollars on products to get rid of bed bugs. But what I really need is an exterminator. My lawyer in Ohio contacted the hotel and they contacted their insurance company. The insurance company said that they had a bed bug doctor come out three weeks after my visit and he found no bugs. The whole thing is bull crap because they had an exterminator trreat that room as soon as a left. That place is crawling with bugs. I could go back their today and find bugs in their rooms. I did call the police on the day I saw the bites. There was a police report. I also called the chain's customer service department when I was at the hotel and they took my complaint and gave me a complaint ID number. I received a call from one of the executives when I got home on my answering machine. They are trying to pass the buck to the owner of the hotel I stayed at since it is a franchise. He called and left a message on my machine the second day I got back.
The insurance company is accepting the bug doctor's report and wanted to give me $100 for my grief. I told my lawyer they could kiss my you know what. I am dropping my lawyer for many reasons but mostly because he isn't licensed in NJ. Does anybody know of any good lawyers in NJ who have had success with these cases and who are licensed in NJ????