<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"CHARLESTON -- A Clarksburg woman is suing Charleston Area Medical Center after the room she stayed in had a bed bug infestation.<br /><br />On Aug. 31, 2009, Peggy Starky was a guest at Charleston Area Medical Center's CAMC Medical Center Inn in Charleston, according to a complaint filed Aug. 23 in Kanawha Circuit Court.<br /><br />Starkey claims she entered a one-night lease agreement with the defendant for a room and the defendant represented that the guest room was clean and habitable.<br /><br />During the course of her lodging, Starkey was exposed to a bed bug infestation in her guest room and was bitten numerous times, according to the suit.<br /><br />Starkey claims after being bitten, she complained to the defendant, who recommended that she go to CAMC Memorial Emergency Room for medical treatment.<br /><br />Upon presenting to the emergency room, Starkey complained of intense itching, pock marks, rashes, possible scarring, public humiliation and associated psychiatric injuries, according to the suit.<br /><br />Starkey claims the defendant had a duty to maintain its guest rooms in a clean, fit and habitable manner and free from beg bug, pest or other infestations.<br /><br />The defendant was negligent in maintaining the guest room and caused Starkey's injuries, according to the suit.<br /><br />Starkey is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. She is being represented by Jon D. Hoover.<br /><br />The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey.<br /><br /><em>Kanawha Circuit Court case number: 11-C-1450</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://wvrecord.com/stories/510601304-woman-sues-camc-for-bed-bug-infestation>