Cause there are scorpions GALORE out here. All different sorts too...even some that glow in black light! Ugh...too crawly! I'm glad your friend is ok though, scorpions are scary and some can be really dangerous. When I was little, before we sprayed for them, we had scorpions crawling up our walls and stuff....double ick! I even went to a "Scorpion class" once to learn how to deal with em *stings etc.*
I wish your friend luck, hopefully she gets compensated without the need for a sticky lawsuit!