Cockroach & Bed Bug Infestation

Can You Sue Your Landlord for a Roach Infestation?

You wipe the counters down before bed, and by morning there are droppings behind the toaster again. A roach crosses the kitchen floor when the light goes on. Someone from the building sprayed once, weeks ago, and the problem came back within days. You have told the manager, more than once, and nothing has really changed. If that is your apartment, the frustration you are feeling is reasonable. Whether you can sue for a roach infestation depends on the facts of your situation: how severe the problem is, whether your landlord knew about it, how long it went uncorrected, and what...