Several years after two guests stayed in a bedbug-infested room at a hotel in Ventura, California, a jury has awarded the duo $2 million.
According to the Los Angeles Times, on June 6, a jury awarded Alvaro Gutierrez and Ramiro Sanchez $2 million to be paid by The Shores Inn on South Seaward Avenue, steps away from Ventura Beach.
The guests’ stay was February 7, 2020, and they filed their lawsuit in December 2021. The complaint claimed that The Shores Inn’s management was aware of the bedbug issue but kept the hotel open for business, exposing Gutierrez and Sanchez to the infestation and bites. They also stated that previous guests had left reviews on Yelp and Google warning about the hotel’s bedbug problem…