New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have been sued in a rather odd case of negligence, with a family from Virginia seeking at least $200,000 in damages for an alleged bed bug infestation.

According to a report by NBC News, the family, from Roanoke, Virginia, alleged that they had been "bitten and injured by bed bugs that had infested the cabin" of a flight they had taken earlier this year.

The plaintiffs, Romulo Albuquerque, his wife, Lisandra Garcia and their two children, had taken connecting flights from the US to Serbia in March this year, where they had planned to visit family and friends.

As per the lawsuit, the family boarded a Delta flight from Roanoke to Atlanta, following which they caught a KLM...