Termite Damage Claims
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Termite damage to homes and commercial properties represent huge, unexpected, financial losses for the individuals and businesses. What may appear to be relatively minor damage to window sills and baseboards is often only a glimpse of the devastating destruction in the unseen areas inside your walls and floor systems.
If you received a Wood Infestation Inspection Report in connection with the purchase of your home or business property and soon thereafter discovered termite damage or if you have maintained a termite control contract on your home or business and despite the treatment have had termite damage you may have a claim.
Our firm filed its first termite related lawsuit in 1985 and since that time have devoted a large percentage of our practice and resources to fighting the pest control industry and their insurance companies for the compensation which our clients deserve.
Termite companies often disclaim responsibility for damage or attempt to reduce the amount of your claim. The tactics used include:
- “You’ve had a water leak and it destroyed the effectiveness of the chemicals, we’re not responsible.”
- “That’s not termite damage, that’s wood rot and we’re not responsible”
- “We’ll replace this section of baseboard but if you want to open up the wall that will be at your expense. Look’s like we caught them early anyway.”
- “That swarm came from an old stump in the yard. I don’t know how they got inside, but their all dead now.”
- "It’s your fault, you dug up the chemical when you planted those bushes. We’re not going to pay."
- "You only have a re-treat contract not a repair contract. We only have to re-treat."
The pest control industry has years of experience in bullying and misleading its customers into believing that it has no liability for the damage done.
Utilizing our extensive experience, in a large majority of the cases investigated, we are able to discover deficiencies or inadequacies in the treatment performed and/or the chemical used in the initial treatment. Those deficiencies and inadequacies can render the pest control company liable for the repair of the property damage and for the payment of other damages to compensate the homeowner, including, in some instances punitive damages.
