1.   A house guarantied against termite damage.

2.   The house has a lot of termite damage.

3.   Along with a growing group of Valley attorneys, they are filing defect lawsuits alleging everything from crumbling foundations to the early onset of termite damage.

4.   A friend lived in the old wood frame home rent-free until June, when the city ordered her to repair the termite damage or board it up.

5.   According to John Chapman, an entomologist with Terminix, termite damage usually is not covered by homeowner insurance policies.

6.   For five years, the house sat vacant, so devastated by termite damage that buyers were afraid to take it on.

7.   Internal memos written by Orkin Exterminating Co. executives in Florida, Georgia and Texas indicate that company employees falsified reinspections of homes for termite damage.

8.   Nothing has ever been graphed or documented as to termite damage in her house.

9.   Separately, internal memos written by Orkin executives in Florida, Georgia and Texas showed that company employees falsified reinspections of homes for termite damage.

10.   Serious inactive termite damage was found concealed behind the ceiling beams and under floor boards on the first floor.