Women Sue Hotel Chain Over Bed Bug Bites Received in Lisle

Two women filed a lawsuit Monday in Cook County Circuit Court against Marriott International Inc.and a now-closed hotel in Lisle after claiming they and their respective children received numerous bedbug bites while staying at the hotel last August, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.

Pamela April, of Phoenix, AZ, and Char'o Safford, of Chicago, are suing Marriott and the former Hickory Ridge Marriott Conference Hotel, 1195 Summerhill Dr., Lisle, for failing to provide guests with sanitary rooms, inspect rooms, recognize signs of bedbug attacks and exterminate the bugs, among other claims, according to the Chicago Tribune.

April, Safford and the two children stayed at the hotel from Aug. 6 to 15, 2011, according to the lawsuit.

During her stay, April noticed bumps and bites all over her child's arms, hands, back, legs and scalp while helping him get dressed, according to the lawsuit. She brought this to the attention of the manager, who asked if April had made a request for clean sheets, the lawsuit says.

The two women and both children were diagnosed as having "numerous bedbug bites from a significant infestation," according to the lawsuit.

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