Apartment residents sue over snake invasion

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NORCROSS, Ga. — A couple who lives in the Bradford Gwinnett apartment complex in Norcross has filed a lawsuit after their apartment was invaded by snakes.

Shawn Davis told Channel 2's Tom Regan she spotted one slithering down her hallway and another in a fruit bowl.

"The first was a baby copperhead; the second was a rat snake. My husband said since the last two snakes, he found two more. But he didn't want to tell me about it, cause I'm a nervous wreck," Davis said.

Residents first contacted Channel 2 Action News about the problem in September. They reported sightings of a half-dozen snakes, including a six-foot-long copperhead that was trapped in an apartment breezeway and killed.

Davis and her husband, Paul Patterson, said they repeatedly reported their concerns to management and requested moving into another building but were told that was not possible.

Earlier this week, they filed a lawsuit accusing apartment management of negligence in failing to control the population of venomous snakes. The suit seeks unspecified damages.

The couple said they are most concerned about their 4-month-old granddaughter who lives most of the time in the apartment.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/apartment-residents-sue-over-snake-invasion/nbfkt/

[Trillo]

1. Nature is stronger than humans.

I doubt this invasion of snakes is in the realm of managements responsibility.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/snakecontrol.htm

[cali]

3. It depends on state laws

as to whether the landlord is responsible.

[TexasProgresive]

2. "a six-foot-long copperhead"!!!???

That's one for the record books.

[renie408]

5. Yeah, I was wondering about that, too.

Can you imagine how FAT that thing would be?

[TexasProgresive]

7. They say everything in Texas is bigger

but I've never seen a copperhead longer than 3'. One of our cats chased one into a brush pile that could've been close to 4' but we never got close enough to know.

[hobbit709]

6. I'd want to see that before I believe it.

[polichick]

4. A nightmare come true - yikes!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. I read Samuel L. Jackson was hired as an expert witness.

(I wrote it then I read it)