The family of Deborah Shank has lost its last chance to stop Wal-Mart Stores from recouping hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical expenses from an accident settlement the Shanks hoped to use for her future care in a nursing home.
Last November, the WSJ reported in a front-page story how the retail giant had sued Deborah Shank—a 52-year-old former Wal-Mart employee left permanently brain damaged from a car accident nearly eight years ago—for the money and won. Like most employee health plans, Wal-Mart’s gives it the right to recover medical expenses for accident-related care if a worker also collects damages in an injury suit.
After losing in federal court and again on appeal, the Shanks’ last legal hope was a bid to the U.S. Supreme Court. Yesterday, though, the court announced it wouldn’t take up the case, bringing the matter to a close. Read on…
4 comments:
Wal-mart = scum of the earth
I refuse to shop there!
It's all about greed and we know how that ends. It's not surprising as the hold country seems to be under some kind of spell of Evil. I look for the few who still hold strong to love and respect.
Sam Walton would roll over his grave on seeing the store that he created turned to power, money and creed. Walton's dream of Walmart according to the book I read of Walton is so far different thanks to the Walton family and their greed.
Sam Walton would probably spank his grown kids if he knew what they were doing, or give them the Paris treatment.
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