When a tenant enters into a rental agreement with a landlord, both parties have expectations. If either party breaks their agreement, serious consequences can follow, including legal ramifications. Oregon dad Bryan Padilla filed suit against AMFP V Pine Village LLC with some pretty disgusting allegations. Padilla claims the apartment had a rodent infestation and his 10-month-old son put a dead mouse in his mouth. Padilla wants the owners to clean up the complex to keep other families out of harm’s way.
The family only lived at the complex for a few weeks.
Padilla and his wife moved into their apartment on November 8, 2025, according to court documents obtained by Law & Crime. Not long after moving in, Padilla claims he contacted the maintenance department multiple times about a “rodent infestation” inside his apartment. On December 22, Padilla’s 10-month-old son reportedly put a dead mouse into his mouth.
This angered the father. “I was just livid. I had to leave work right away,” he told The Oregonian.
Padilla took his son to the emergency room.
As a concerned father, Padilla took his son to the hospital. Thankfully, the baby did not appear to have any serious health consequences as a result, per Law & Crime.
KPTV reported that the family moved out of the Davenport Apartments near NE Glisan Street and NE 178th Avenue after the boy put the mouse in his mouth. The repeated calls to clean up the complex became too much.
Even though they only lived there for a few weeks, the Padillas’ time in the Davenport Apartments had a lasting impression on the family.
“As a result of defendant’s failure to comply with the Oregon Residential Landlord Tenant Act as alleged in this complaint, plaintiff experienced diminution in rental value, odor, separation from friends or family members, inability to sleep or eat in the unit, interference with life activities, and similar disruptions of one’s personal life resulting from the acts and omissions alleged in this complaint, as tangible consequences of defendant’s noncompliance to be proved at trial,” according to Padilla’s lawyers.
The family wants more than $100,000 in damages.
According to Law & Crime, the family seeks $2,600 in rent he has paid and $122,000 in “non-economic damages.” The Padillas claim the rental company did not keep the complex “clean, sanitary and free from all accumulations of debris, filth, rubbish, garbage, rodents, and vermin.”
Padilla told The Oregonian he broke his rental agreement to move back closer to family. For him, the move was totally worth it.
“If you lose a couple thousand dollars, it’s worth it over your son possibly getting infected with something,” Padilla told the newspaper. “Speak up before it’s too late.”
Sorry, but this is just beyond disgusting. He deserves all of his money back and then some. Thankfully, his son is OK and will never remember this horrific chapter in his family’s history book.
