Caster v. Halton Condominium Corporation No. 377 (Ontario Human Rights Tribunal)

20/05/14 – Jurisdiction Ontario
Part 46 published on 01/05/14
Bed bug infestation is not a disability

The claimant, a condominium resident, suffered from a bed bug infestation.  He claimed that this infestation was a “disability” and that he had been “unfairly treated, stigmatized and caused to incur considerable expense” by the condominium corporation, as a result of this disability.  The tribunal dismissed the claim.  The tribunal said that a bed bug infestation is not a “disability”.