US | bedbugs 'Bedbug Lawyer' Battles Creepy Crisis Sues building bosses as 'unstoppable' creatures surge By Matt Cantor Posted Nov 28, 2010 7:40 AM CST Copied In this file photo taken Sept. 21, 2010, attendees visit vendor booths during the first North American Bed Bug Summit in Rosemont, Ill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) The veteran of eight bedbug-centered lawsuits since September seeking $100,000 to $3.5 million, a Maryland attorney has earned himself a reputation as the bedbug lawyer, the Washington Post reports. Some are calling Daniel Whitney a “bloodsucker,” but he calls that “nonsense. These people need help.” Victims mostly seek damages from building management over what they call negligence amid a bedbug resurgence. The creatures were almost gone from the US in the 1950s, but since the 1990s, they’ve come crawling back, and now they’re showing up everywhere from college dorms to Google’s offices to the poshest hotels. A North Carolina congressman has hosted a Congressional Bed Bug Forum. Whitney’s cases cite “embarrassment, mental and emotional distress,” “fear,” and “anxiety.” But so far, the bugs seem “unstoppable,” says an entomologist. Read These Next New workplace jargon: 'job hugging.' How to live a good life? Be 'psychologically rich.' An NFL rule change has opened up an interesting strategy She didn't get her 10 wings, so she caused $10K in damage. Report an error