A jury in California has awarded a pair of hotel guests $2 million after their bedbug-infested rooms resulted in “painful” bites, severe skin rash and injuries over the “entirety of their bodies.”

Plaintiffs Alvaro Gutierrez and Ramiro Sanchez checked into The Shores Inn, located at 1059 South Seaward Ave. in Ventura, just steps away from the Pacific Ocean, on Feb. 7, 2020, the complaint obtained by Law&Crime said. Once inside the room, they were immediately subjected to bedbugs. They alerted hotel staff of the situation and were moved to a second room.

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