First time Bed Bugs!!! Tenant wants to sue! Advice anyone?

[Lauren Heart]

Hi BP Community!

One of my SF in the Dayton, OH is reporting bed bugs.  They moved in December 1, 2016 and just reported it to my PM this week.  I know it wasn't infested 6 months ago, and I have always made repairs in a timely manner once reported.  Tenant is insistent that it wasn't him, and expects me to pay the $2600 treatment.  He also wants to sue for damages of mattresses thrown out, furniture, etc.  In this area we have seen an uptick in bed bugs, but he's been living there long enough for a judge to side with me.  Any ideas on how to help my Property Manager defuse the situation before court even happens?  I'm so over this tenant!

Thanks all!

[Andy Sirulnik]

I'm a lawyer among other things, and this idea is for educational and entertainment purposes only:  Tell the tenant to *please* sue you--if he files first you won't have to pay the court-filing and process-server fees when you counter-sue him for bringing bed bugs into your renal property.