Created: 3/10/2007 12:27:11 PM 
SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -- A Siloam Springs woman has sued a motel, claiming that her bed was infested with bugs and that she now suffers recurring nightmares from the experience.
Rose M. Pagley-Brown said in the Benton County lawsuit that she noticed in December that she had red bumps on her body after staying at the Stone Inn in Siloam Springs, while she was being treated for cancer.
A few days later, the lawsuit said, Brown was awakened by extreme itching and "saw and felt countless bugs on her body and bed," according to the suit, filed Thursday. Brown caught three of the bugs in a plastic bag, the suit said. The insects are now in the possession of her attorney.
The motel owner said the Benton County Department of Health investigated the claim and found it groundless. Owner Bruce Stone said the health department inspected his establishment twice.
"(Brown) must have gotten them somewhere else," Stone said.
The lawsuit alleges negligence and seeks damages for pain and mental anguish, embarrassment and humiliation, medical bills and expenses.
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