Washington argues the casino breached its duty of care and “failed to provide hotel rooms which were suitable for humans to occupy.” Don’t Let the Bugs Bite Again, she reported this to the casino.īoth incidents caused her “physical pain, severe itching and scratching, embarrassment, humiliation, anxiety, mental anguish.” The lawsuit also claims she has permanent scarring, difficulty sleeping, and has suffered economic loss because of the incident. But again, she allegedly woke up with a fresh swath of parasitic bites, which were confirmed by medical professionals to have been inflicted by bed bugs. Presumably believing that lightning would not strike twice, she checked into the hotel a second time on November 11, 2018.

The doctor confirmed she had been bitten multiple times by bed bugs and again, she reported these findings to the casino. She says she reported this to the front desk and sought medical attention. When Washington awoke the next morning, she found she was covered with bites on her arms, legs, and front and back of the trunk of her body, according to the complaint. They leave brown fecal streaks on light-colored bedding and have glands that emit an odor, commonly described as “sickeningly sweet raspberries,” per the complaint. But the ghoulish festivities could not have prepared her for the real horrors that allegedly lurked under the sheets.īed bugs are tiny blood-sucking anthropods that commonly live in dirty mattresses, where they feed on human and animal blood via their piercing mouths. She was in town to attend a Halloween party at the casino. Washington says she stayed at the Gold Strike on the evening of October 20, 2018.

Gloria Washington claims she suffered and continues to suffer “physical and emotional injury” after her alleged encounter with the critters, scientific name cimex lectularius. Bed bugs are tiny parasitic insects that bite the exposed skin of sleeping humans and animals to feed on their blood. She claims she was savaged by bed bugs in two separate hotel rooms at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, Miss. woman is suing MGM Resorts for $3 million in a federal court. Gaming Business, Regulation, Tribal Gaming.Ī twice-bitten Memphis, Tenn.

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