Commercial facilities are at risk of litigation if they don’t address the possibility of a bed bug infestation. In 2003, Burl and Desiree Mathias, a brother and sister staying at a Motel 6 in Chicago were awarded $372,000 in punitive damages and $10,000 in actual damages after being bitten by bedbugs during their stay.
As much risk and misery as bed bugs bring, they are almost impossible for human beings to see and locate without professional help. And missing even one female bed bug or bed bug eggs can result in new infestation of thousands of bed bugs in a very short time. With so much at stake, the only way to be sure that you have completely eliminated the infestation is to use professional help — trained bed bug detection dogs that can locate the pests and their eggs so that they can be destroyed.
