“Tulsa Select Hotels being sued on bedbug allegations”

Tulsa Select Hotels being sued on bedbug allegations

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:41 AM PDT

By JERRY WOFFORD World Staff Writer
Published: 10/21/2010 2:25 AM
Last Modified: 10/21/2010 2:25 AM

The lawsuit against Tulsa Select Hotels and its owner, Joshua Joseph and Andrea Lodging LLC of Elk City, was filed Monday in Tulsa County District Court.

Katrina West states in the suit that she stayed at the hotel, at 5000 E. Skelly Drive, in early July.

Immediately after her stay, she developed rashes on her arms, legs, shoulders and neck, and two days after her stay, a doctor "diagnosed (her) as having bedbugs," the suit states.

The lawsuit claims that West got the bedbugs when she was at the hotel.

West, who the lawsuit says is an Oklahoma resident, had to miss work to keep the bugs from spreading to co-workers, she says in the lawsuit.

West is seeking more than $10,000 in damages, including medical expenses, lost wages and other damages, as well as attorney fees and court costs.

Several calls seeking comment from Joseph and Tulsa Select Hotels on Monday and Tuesday were not returned.

On Saturday, police shut down two meth labs at the hotel and arrested five people on complaints of manufacturing methamphetamine.

Those arrested were all charged Wednesday with manufacturing a controlled and dangerous substance.

The five are Jeffery Duane Maynard, 44, of Tulsa; Shannon Raye Johnson, 38, of Owasso; Perry Scott Williams, 39, of Owasso; Tony Carnell Brown, 53, of Tulsa; and Ryan Anthony Lane,

17, who is described in the charges as a transient.

Both Maynard and Brown have previous drug and burglary convictions.

Original Print Headline: Hotel sued over bedbug allegations

Jerry Wofford 581-8310
jerry.wofford@tulsaworld.com

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