Hotel bed bug matters
Retained opinion work on bed bug claims arising from a hotel, motel or short-term rental stay, for either side of the caption.
What I review
- Housekeeping, maintenance and guest-complaint records for the room and the rooms around it.
- The property's pest control contract, service reports, inspection logs and treatment records.
- Photographs, specimens and any lab or identification work already done.
- The timeline: when the guest reported, when staff responded, what was done to the room, and when it was returned to service.
What I give an opinion on
- Whether the evidence identifies bed bugs at all, and whether it identifies the species.
- What the evidence says about where and when an infestation likely began, and how long it had been present.
- What the property knew or should have known, read against the records it kept.
- Whether the response, from the first report to the room's return to service, met the standard a reasonable property and its pest control provider follow.
Who does the review
Trenton S. Frazer, M.S., BCE #B3413. Board Certified Entomologist since 2014, M.S. in Entomology from the University of Florida, Utah commercial pesticide applicator. About twenty years in pest control, from field sales to VP of Operations and Senior Director of Quality Assurance for a multi-state service company.
Expert witness inquiries should include the jurisdiction, the posture and any operative deadlines, plus the parties for a conflicts check. CV and testimony history are provided at the point of engagement. (801) 477-0223 · [email protected]