Uh, this can happen to anyone with insurance. If I am in an accident, my insurance company will try to recoup the loss through any suit/settlement. A good lawyer will know that and recover damages and future care costs. Really not Walmart's faut. Although they could help a bit.
I am disgusted by Wal-Mart is doing to that poor family. It is clear that Wal-Mart does not take care of their employees. Its’ bad enough they pay workers minimum wages and make a fortune off of slave labour from third world countries. Wal-Mart makes billions off the suffering of others; operating as a leach sucking out the life of people for profit.
The Evil Empire has struck again! Wal-Mart has a long history of mistreating their employees. They will hire part time employees and work them 39.5 hours a week. If they don't work 40hrs a week, NO MEDICAL BENEFITS!! BOYCOTT Wal-Mart!!! They are a huge part of everything that is WRONG with our country!
WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN IDIOT? YOU BETTER CHECK YOURSELF 1st!
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I cant belive wal mart is that cheap! They are that cheap to their workers. my god i don't care what company it is that just sad. this family clearly needs it more then some company who brings in more money then any of us could ever dream of! it's not liek this family trying to cheat them out of anything.. they need it!!! sad so sad.
Just one more reason to boycott WalMart. You can do it people…they have many things they need to account for. The only way major corporations will clean up their act is if they lose money.
Screw Wal-Mart! I have now decided to boycott them completly and will also tell my friends and family to do the same. They already don't pay their employees enough, but this is beyond ridiculous and wrong!
Some people don't have any heart. It's 100% absurd that Wal-Mart should "need" under $300,000 from some poor family who will be left with nothing. The founder of Wal-mart, Sam Walton, was one of the richest men in the US during his lifetime. His many (five?) children who benefited from his will are now STILL among the richest people in the US. WAL-MART does NOT need $300,000. Give it back to this family, and continue to make billions of dollars a year, fuckers.
This lady got screwed by her lawyers NOT Walmart. If anything Walmart has been incredibly generous.
Her lawyers did not sue for enough money, they shouldn't even call themselves lawyers if they did not realize that Walmart health plan had every right to re-claim the money for medical expenses that they paid. The lawyers should have known they needed to sue for medical expenses PLUS extended care. That's ridiculous. This woman got completely disserviced by her lawyers, I'd say ROBBED, and then the lawyer has the gall to charge $583,000 for screwing her over???
However her lawyer is should be disbarred. Walmart has absolutely no guilt in this situation.
"Walmart - The High Cost of Low Prices" - I encourage anyone who has time to check that out on youtube. The horrible way that Walmart and the Walton family treat employees all over the globe would have Sam Walton rolling in his grave. Not only do we have to worry about getting robbed/raped/kidnapped in their parking lots - they get away with fleecing small town america and putting BILLIONS in their own pockets while their employees are forced to go on public assistance and work hours they are not being paid for. Please take the time to watch the video and ask your friends to watch as well. TOGETHER we can make a difference. Walmart will NEVER see another penny from me and I hope they will never see another penny from you.
I HATE GREEDY-MART!!!!! It's disgusting! I've been there once and really couldn't understand what the fucking big deal was. What a bunch of greedy ass corporate motherfuckers. Give that woman the money back PLUS some. Why can't they give up a few dollars?? EWWWWWWW!
Well people shouldnt sign something and then expect out of it. If you sign any other contract youre bound to its rules. It sucks what happened to her but if walmart makes an exception to her than they'll get bombarded by other employees wanting compensation. I think publicitizing a women's horrible time on the news and the public is horrible. let her be and go about another way to have fundraizers and things to raise money for her. Don't blame walmart!!! they are an icredible business!
They should set up a public donation site, I would donate, that poor family. We should reach out as a global community to help when we can. WAl-Mart sucks and has an aweful health plan and treats sales associates like garbage. Check out the documentary
Wal-Mart: The High Price for Low Cost.
Fine print or not, those people had the information. Rules are rules and one exception opens the doors for tons of lawsuits from other Wal*Mart employees that followed the rules and paid their money. If they're really interested in doing the 'right' thing, they'll stop whining and pay as I'm sure many others have before them. Special treatment is never the right thing.
Oh well…shit happens..you can't do something for one that you can't do for the others.I say get the hell over it.They aren't the only one's in the world suffering.Reading is fundamental.It's their own fault(or their good for nothing lawyer's).
I myself will not shop at Wal-Mart until I read on your website that they have reimbursed this poor woman. I hope everyone who reads this will join me in a boycott.
This article disgusted me so much that I have posted it all over the major cities on Craig's List and told everyone to BOYCOTT WAL-MART. What they are doing is awful an unethical. I will NEVER go into another Wal-Mart again.
i am absolutly disgusted by this. this is the reason i dont shop at wal mart and i tell others to follow my lead.
common wal mart workers! form a UNION!! WAl Mart needs a slap in the face!
Don't blame Wal-mart, blame their insurance company, BlueCross BlueShield. Its incredibly sad what this lady has gone through and her family should sue (the people they originally sued) for more money. And shame on their lawyer for not doing all the research–its not uncommon for insurance companies to do that. I bet the lawyer still got his money.
WALMART SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THAT FINE PRINT IN THEIR BENEITS PACKAGE…BUT…THEY DID AND NOW IT'S DONE. IF THEY LEAVE THIS MONEY TO THIS LADY, IT WILL OPEN UP A HUGE CAN OF WORMS AND MANY MANY MORE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET MONEY THEY FEEL IS OWED TO THEM.
IT ALWAYS HAPPENS…IF YOU GIVE AN INCH…THEY TAKE A MILE.
dude, fucking walmart ruins everything. you'd think that they could spare a couple thousand dollars from their billion dollar enterprise but i guess not..
ASSHOLES! Sure they had the right to get th emoney back, but like everyone is syaing, They DONT need it more than that family….Th elove of money Is absolutely disgusting… Stuff like this makes me want to scream. The poor woman lost herself and lost her damn son! Have some type of sympathy walmart! I wish i could do something about this, i really really do..Perez, maybe you can make a fund for them. You know how you do the daily charity things..I think we should work towards this….fuckIng walmart cunTS!
walmart did their part. they can't pick and choose who they're going to go the extra mile for based on who they feel sorry for. it sucks for that woman, but walmart can't make exceptions to the rules for her b/c then they'd have to make exceptions for everyone. walmart's right.
and to all the people that say they're aren't going to shop there anymore…good b/c you're all idiots. it's not going to hurt them.
that's sick!! she CLEARLY needs the money more than Wal-Mart does! they already have $90 billion and then some….they should make an exception..or better yet, make the exception for everyone who needs the money as much as this poor woman. then maybe more people will respect Wal-Mart.
Fuck you Walmart. Your destorying the people of this WHOLE world. You are a lech that sucks out the life and resources of everything that is good in the world.
It's a sad story but Walmart is within their rights. Especially if the accident didn't happen at work. I deal with this everyday. It is not walmart's responsibility to take care of her…as for not being able to work, thats what disability is for. It is a terrible thing that happened to her but NOT walmarts fault.
That person sounds like someone who is just pointing out some things that CNN (which by the way sucks now, have you looked at their front page articles) misrepresented.
Walmart sucks and should be shut down, but they are within their legal rights. Shank accepted the terms of the plan by going on the insurance plan. At least she had coverage up front. Wal-Mart (even though all of them should burn to the ground) is still entitled to recover.
I will never ever shop at wal mart again. SHAME on them. Did the lawyer need that much money as well, has the lawyer heard of pro bono? Has Wal-mart heard of medical philanthropy? SHAME on them both. Disgusting!
Being from Jackson myself, I went to high school with one of her sons…and this has been going on for years. I hate that this has happened. Their family has had it rough…going through this and losing one of their sons in the Iraq war. We need to do everything we can to fight for this family!!
And what would you recommend walmart do exactly for each associate in this sort of predicament? If they do this for one person they would then need to do it for all. The people that would suffer…the low income people that shop at walmart. In order to keep up with unfortunate circumstances such as these (she is not the first associate to find herself in a horrible situation), walmart would need to raise prices. And lets face it people, with the economy the way it is right now i'm thinking people in all income brackets are going shopping at walmart. perez…stick to your celebrity gossip. loving it.
WALMART BETTER STEP UP AND DO WHATS RIGHT OR THEY WILL LOSE TONS AND TONS OF BUSINESS. I WILL LAUGH WHEN TARGET PASSES THEM UP IN PROFITS. DOWN WITH WALMART!!!!!! BOOOOOO!!!!!!!
if you dont know what it has to do with walmart than you clearly don't know how to read or else you suffer from the same short term brain issue as debbie, and you forgot which corporation was suing a poor almost brain dead woman for mere pennies in comparison to it's networth.. shit walmart could pull that much money out of sam walton's ass in one kissing session. WAL MART IS EVILLL, BOYCOTT WALMART, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, THEY SYMBOLIZE GREED AND HAVE NO MORALS. ASSHOLES.
Disgusting! So if it is "unfair to other employees" if Walmart doesn't pursue this lawsuit and "take" the money back from her - then why don't they take the money from the lawsuit and in turn donate it back to the family? And why the hell didn't Walmart sue the trucking company involved in the lawsuit?
F our legal system - and F Walmart!
Wal-mart is beyond evil. If you research them they are a cross between a cult and the mob. If you actually knew how they got you penny pinchers those cheap buys you might think twice. That money they sued that family for is pennies to them. The Waltons alone are some of the wealthiest in America. Makes me sick. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. Welcome to America.
Of course they want the money back. Not to put in the pockets of greedy execs at WalMart, but to go back into the plan. Like it or not, that's where the money belongs. What a sad story, but it's not WalMart's fault. Nor is it Blue Cross's fault. If she was at home with a "back injury", collecting benefits and not working, I doubt anyone would question the logic here. Yes, it's terrible that she was so badly injured, but you're pointing the finger at the wrong people. Feel free to dislike WalMart for any number of other reasons, but this story is completely emotional. It would be illegal for them not to demand their money back, and furthermore, it would be unfair to the other policyholders, whose premiums are based upon payments collected vs expenses paid. Sad, sad story for the family involved. FYI…WalMart didn't send her son to Iraq. Again, pointing the finger at the wrong people. Her attorney made a nice chunk of change and possibly even earned it. Any personal injury attorney should know the effect of the subrogation clause. Sorry Perez, WalMart has done the right thing. If you generous people want to contribute to the family, knock yourself out. Sadly, there are many families with incapacitated loved ones who need money for care. The most annoying part of the story is that CNN played the pity card to evoke an emotional response. Just report the news, damnit!
If poster #1014 is legit, there's an account in her name at Bank of America. All of you who can and want to help, please do so. Quit waiting for some "evil corporate scum" to fork over money they don't owe her.
Just another reason that I refuse to shop at HELLmart. They have run off all of our local department stores like Ames, G.C. Murphy's, Hills, Woolworth's, etc. Nobody is getting rich except the HELLmart family and as far as I know they don't donate to any charities or organizations. They treat their employees like crap and this incident just confirms my case. So very sad!
Not that I ever really shopped there anyways, but I will NEVER, EVER step into that store again after reading this. What a bunch of greedy, disgusting son-of-a-bitches…there is a special place in hell for these Walmart assholes.
Perez, i just wanted to thank you for featuring this article. I grew up in Jackson MO and know these folks–Jackson is a very small town. Their son that died was in my youngest brother's class, and this entire ordeal has been heartbreaking for everyone who knows the Shank family. They are good, hard-working people and do not deserve to be treated like this by Wal Mart. I just appreciate you calling attention to their story. peace&bless-e.
Well, not the first time that Wal-Mart is being unethical. A while back they purposedly hired illegal Hispanic immigrants (because we all know perfectly well that all illegals are Hispaincs right??!! There are absolutely no European, African or Asian illegals in this country…only Hispanics, especially Mexicans and Salvadorans….stupidity thou has a name and it is Minutemen) and then contacted ICE that arrested and deported these immigrants. Needless to say, they could give away stuff for free, I still would not go there.
Should anyone be surprised by this from Wal-mart? It has a track record of not only environmental/people abuse in different parts of the world. It is a nasty company that cares only about its profits, which is why I don't lower myself to shop there unless I have absolutely no other choice.
Why are you hating onwalmart so much when the insurance plan was up front. They signed on to these benefits. If the company makes an exception for her than 100,00 other poor stories will come out of the wood work and can win in court due to this case. Premiums for health insurance go up because of cases like these where the insurance company has to shell out a lot of money. It WOULD be benficial to the rest of the working force to take the money back. SHould walmart have a abenfit or offer free product- YES. Are they obligated to- NO. Say what you want about Walmart but if it were not for them in some small towns there would be NO jobs and people could not afford simple things. This woman has a sad sad story and if it were my family, I too would try everything I could to get the money… Walmart is not in the wrong here though.
Also, the ladies son posted that you cold go to Bank of America and make a donation… how many of you OUTRAGED people have done that? Thats what i thought. I bet too that most of you who are SO against walmart have visited one recently… THe 4 dollar generic girl up there has… What about other big names… Should a basketball player who knows that someone was hurt a t a game give 2 million to the fan? He has 60 millionin the bank, you atch CRIBS, you know how wmuch they have… it is unfair. ALl they do is play basket ball why cant they help???? Why should they help???
Watch the documentary "The High Cost of Low Price" about Walmart. Walmart has ruined America and the corporation gives little or nothing to charity!!!!!
Oh Perez. You have done a wonderful thing by spreading this information about the horrible treatment of this woman and her family. You are known for your bluntness and sometimes that can be cruel. But with this story - you are absolutely using your powers for good. Walmart should be ashamed of themselves. And you should be proud of yours! Walmart's treatment of this woman is appalling. But your concern is uplifting. The more people that read and respond to this story - well, I'm an optimist and perhaps we can right an obvious wrong. F! Walmart. I won't shop there until they do the right thing.
Walmart will never do the right thing. My aunt worked for them years back and she paid into her long/short term benefits and walmart denied paying her the money she paid into it after she had her brain tumor operation. Not to mention that currently they charge their employees around $500-600 a month for health benefits that are POOR and in the next year are looking to raise it another $100. I know a family that has to drop their health coverage because they can't afford to pay what Walmart wants to keep their coverage. A store like that, that makes the money they do and that's what they do to their employees? It's really sad. They don't pay them enough to pay for healthcare like that. It's rediculous. And when they give money to "charitable causes" they end up cutting the employees hours to make up for the money they gave. So they get it back in a tax right off AND from cutting hours from families that need the money. It's a disgrace.
The sad thing is, they're not entirely clear with people about their health benefits. They always find a way around being honest and doing the right thing. It's sad.
It's also sad that they run smaller businesses out. They're monopolizing and it's getting out of control. They know people will shop there because the economy is hurting and their prices are lower than everywhere else.
I certainly plan on writing Wal-Mart a letter. This is an outrage. whatever happened to human decency and sympathy? I will never enter another wal-mart again!
Thank you, Perez. I am rethinking my patronization of Walmart. While subrogation is common, it can be waived. Or, Walmart could donate to the trust fund of its employee to offset the amount it takes back in subrogation. Marcy Graham is an excellent attorney, though. That is one positive light from the story. The woman is well represented.
I KNOW WALMART IS EVIL, SO IS CHOCOLATE CAKE. CHEAP FIXES…. AH HELL WITH IT… BUY MY CHOCOLATE CAKE AT WALMART EVEN IF THEY ARE THE DEVIL, THEY SELL CHEAP.. MY BAD
Re: Lori –
I am a personnel manager for Wal-mart and I know for a fact that they have insurance plans as low as $3 per paycheck and none of the plans come anywhere close to $500 per month. As far as them denying the short term/long term claim–they don't make the decisions on that–the insurance company The Hartford does. You are severly misinformed about many things.
Uh, this can happen to anyone with insurance. If I am in an accident, my insurance company will try to recoup the loss through any suit/settlement. A good lawyer will know that and recover damages and future care costs. Really not Walmart's faut. Although they could help a bit.
I am disgusted by Wal-Mart is doing to that poor family. It is clear that Wal-Mart does not take care of their employees. Its’ bad enough they pay workers minimum wages and make a fortune off of slave labour from third world countries. Wal-Mart makes billions off the suffering of others; operating as a leach sucking out the life of people for profit.
Re: kat – Wow, Kat, did you just say if we don't like it, leave? Haha way to completely nullify your argument! Now you just look like an idiot!
The Evil Empire has struck again! Wal-Mart has a long history of mistreating their employees. They will hire part time employees and work them 39.5 hours a week. If they don't work 40hrs a week, NO MEDICAL BENEFITS!! BOYCOTT Wal-Mart!!! They are a huge part of everything that is WRONG with our country!
Re: Idiots –
IT WAS CNN! you made yourself look silly!
Re: kat – Kat is very likely a brainwashed member of Walmart's upper management.
I never in my life have shopped at Wal-Mart and i never will. Just disgusting.
I cant belive wal mart is that cheap! They are that cheap to their workers. my god i don't care what company it is that just sad. this family clearly needs it more then some company who brings in more money then any of us could ever dream of! it's not liek this family trying to cheat them out of anything.. they need it!!! sad so sad.
Just one more reason to boycott WalMart. You can do it people…they have many things they need to account for. The only way major corporations will clean up their act is if they lose money.
WalMart is evil. Watch the movie. Shame on them.
Screw Wal-Mart! I have now decided to boycott them completly and will also tell my friends and family to do the same. They already don't pay their employees enough, but this is beyond ridiculous and wrong!
so sad. that's so wrong. maybe since you posted this walmart will feel pressured to do the right thing. it's ridiculous. give the lady a break!
Some people don't have any heart. It's 100% absurd that Wal-Mart should "need" under $300,000 from some poor family who will be left with nothing. The founder of Wal-mart, Sam Walton, was one of the richest men in the US during his lifetime. His many (five?) children who benefited from his will are now STILL among the richest people in the US. WAL-MART does NOT need $300,000. Give it back to this family, and continue to make billions of dollars a year, fuckers.
Just one more reason why I refuse to spend my hard-earned money at WalMart. That is disgusting. That poor family!
I HATE WALMART
OBAMA IN 08
THIS POOR LADY HER SON WAS KILLED TO YOU KNOW IT'S NAUSEATING
This lady got screwed by her lawyers NOT Walmart. If anything Walmart has been incredibly generous.
Her lawyers did not sue for enough money, they shouldn't even call themselves lawyers if they did not realize that Walmart health plan had every right to re-claim the money for medical expenses that they paid. The lawyers should have known they needed to sue for medical expenses PLUS extended care. That's ridiculous. This woman got completely disserviced by her lawyers, I'd say ROBBED, and then the lawyer has the gall to charge $583,000 for screwing her over???
However her lawyer is should be disbarred. Walmart has absolutely no guilt in this situation.
F'NG Wal-Mart/Corporate America
"Walmart - The High Cost of Low Prices" - I encourage anyone who has time to check that out on youtube. The horrible way that Walmart and the Walton family treat employees all over the globe would have Sam Walton rolling in his grave. Not only do we have to worry about getting robbed/raped/kidnapped in their parking lots - they get away with fleecing small town america and putting BILLIONS in their own pockets while their employees are forced to go on public assistance and work hours they are not being paid for. Please take the time to watch the video and ask your friends to watch as well. TOGETHER we can make a difference. Walmart will NEVER see another penny from me and I hope they will never see another penny from you.
as it is pretty low and disgusting to do, they have every right, it was in the fine print, thats why you should read everything you sign up for.
not everyone ends up this way and how walmart know? they are treating it as the same as anyone else
Boycott Wal-Mart until they do the right thing!
I HATE GREEDY-MART!!!!! It's disgusting! I've been there once and really couldn't understand what the fucking big deal was. What a bunch of greedy ass corporate motherfuckers. Give that woman the money back PLUS some. Why can't they give up a few dollars?? EWWWWWWW!
Well people shouldnt sign something and then expect out of it. If you sign any other contract youre bound to its rules. It sucks what happened to her but if walmart makes an exception to her than they'll get bombarded by other employees wanting compensation. I think publicitizing a women's horrible time on the news and the public is horrible. let her be and go about another way to have fundraizers and things to raise money for her. Don't blame walmart!!! they are an icredible business!
They should set up a public donation site, I would donate, that poor family. We should reach out as a global community to help when we can. WAl-Mart sucks and has an aweful health plan and treats sales associates like garbage. Check out the documentary
Wal-Mart: The High Price for Low Cost.
Fine print or not, those people had the information. Rules are rules and one exception opens the doors for tons of lawsuits from other Wal*Mart employees that followed the rules and paid their money. If they're really interested in doing the 'right' thing, they'll stop whining and pay as I'm sure many others have before them. Special treatment is never the right thing.
never going there again.. assholes.
Oh well…shit happens..you can't do something for one that you can't do for the others.I say get the hell over it.They aren't the only one's in the world suffering.Reading is fundamental.It's their own fault(or their good for nothing lawyer's).
I myself will not shop at Wal-Mart until I read on your website that they have reimbursed this poor woman. I hope everyone who reads this will join me in a boycott.
FUCK
and I work for this douchebag of a company.
IM NEVER GOING TO A WAL-MART AGAIN, SELFISH BASTARDS!!!
and also BOYCOTT THE 2008 OLYMPICS IN CHINA
Totally gross. Fine print sucks…but you should be sure to read it.
This article disgusted me so much that I have posted it all over the major cities on Craig's List and told everyone to BOYCOTT WAL-MART. What they are doing is awful an unethical. I will NEVER go into another Wal-Mart again.
stop shopping at walmart this is a small fraction of what they take from society
i am absolutly disgusted by this. this is the reason i dont shop at wal mart and i tell others to follow my lead.
common wal mart workers! form a UNION!! WAl Mart needs a slap in the face!
Wow. What a terrible situation for the family.
Walmart can kiss my ass.
Don't blame Wal-mart, blame their insurance company, BlueCross BlueShield. Its incredibly sad what this lady has gone through and her family should sue (the people they originally sued) for more money. And shame on their lawyer for not doing all the research–its not uncommon for insurance companies to do that. I bet the lawyer still got his money.
Wal - Mart can go to hell!!
who goes there anyway its shit!
Wal Mart should be ashamed of themselves.. I WILL NEVER WALK INTO A WALMART AGAIN.. Target it is.. WalMart sucks ass.
Re: Julia – Thank god YOU ARENT IN CHARGE
WALMART SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THAT FINE PRINT IN THEIR BENEITS PACKAGE…BUT…THEY DID AND NOW IT'S DONE. IF THEY LEAVE THIS MONEY TO THIS LADY, IT WILL OPEN UP A HUGE CAN OF WORMS AND MANY MANY MORE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET MONEY THEY FEEL IS OWED TO THEM.
IT ALWAYS HAPPENS…IF YOU GIVE AN INCH…THEY TAKE A MILE.
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!
Wal-Mart is discusting.
dude, fucking walmart ruins everything. you'd think that they could spare a couple thousand dollars from their billion dollar enterprise but i guess not..
ASSHOLES! Sure they had the right to get th emoney back, but like everyone is syaing, They DONT need it more than that family….Th elove of money Is absolutely disgusting… Stuff like this makes me want to scream. The poor woman lost herself and lost her damn son! Have some type of sympathy walmart! I wish i could do something about this, i really really do..Perez, maybe you can make a fund for them. You know how you do the daily charity things..I think we should work towards this….fuckIng walmart cunTS!
Re: OPRAH – StUPID BITCH!
walmart did their part. they can't pick and choose who they're going to go the extra mile for based on who they feel sorry for. it sucks for that woman, but walmart can't make exceptions to the rules for her b/c then they'd have to make exceptions for everyone. walmart's right.
and to all the people that say they're aren't going to shop there anymore…good b/c you're all idiots. it's not going to hurt them.
that's sick!! she CLEARLY needs the money more than Wal-Mart does! they already have $90 billion and then some….they should make an exception..or better yet, make the exception for everyone who needs the money as much as this poor woman. then maybe more people will respect Wal-Mart.
Fuck you Walmart. Your destorying the people of this WHOLE world. You are a lech that sucks out the life and resources of everything that is good in the world.
It's a sad story but Walmart is within their rights. Especially if the accident didn't happen at work. I deal with this everyday. It is not walmart's responsibility to take care of her…as for not being able to work, thats what disability is for. It is a terrible thing that happened to her but NOT walmarts fault.
Re: soupy sales –
I read the whole thread, how would you even know?
That person sounds like someone who is just pointing out some things that CNN (which by the way sucks now, have you looked at their front page articles) misrepresented.
Walmart sucks and should be shut down, but they are within their legal rights. Shank accepted the terms of the plan by going on the insurance plan. At least she had coverage up front. Wal-Mart (even though all of them should burn to the ground) is still entitled to recover.
I will never ever shop at wal mart again. SHAME on them. Did the lawyer need that much money as well, has the lawyer heard of pro bono? Has Wal-mart heard of medical philanthropy? SHAME on them both. Disgusting!
Being from Jackson myself, I went to high school with one of her sons…and this has been going on for years. I hate that this has happened. Their family has had it rough…going through this and losing one of their sons in the Iraq war. We need to do everything we can to fight for this family!!
And what would you recommend walmart do exactly for each associate in this sort of predicament? If they do this for one person they would then need to do it for all. The people that would suffer…the low income people that shop at walmart. In order to keep up with unfortunate circumstances such as these (she is not the first associate to find herself in a horrible situation), walmart would need to raise prices. And lets face it people, with the economy the way it is right now i'm thinking people in all income brackets are going shopping at walmart. perez…stick to your celebrity gossip. loving it.
WALMART BETTER STEP UP AND DO WHATS RIGHT OR THEY WILL LOSE TONS AND TONS OF BUSINESS. I WILL LAUGH WHEN TARGET PASSES THEM UP IN PROFITS. DOWN WITH WALMART!!!!!! BOOOOOO!!!!!!!
if you dont know what it has to do with walmart than you clearly don't know how to read or else you suffer from the same short term brain issue as debbie, and you forgot which corporation was suing a poor almost brain dead woman for mere pennies in comparison to it's networth.. shit walmart could pull that much money out of sam walton's ass in one kissing session. WAL MART IS EVILLL, BOYCOTT WALMART, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, THEY SYMBOLIZE GREED AND HAVE NO MORALS. ASSHOLES.
Oh well they should have read the fine print. Yeah it sucks but worse things have happened.
Disgusting! So if it is "unfair to other employees" if Walmart doesn't pursue this lawsuit and "take" the money back from her - then why don't they take the money from the lawsuit and in turn donate it back to the family? And why the hell didn't Walmart sue the trucking company involved in the lawsuit?
F our legal system - and F Walmart!
I HATE WAL MART!!!!!!
I can't believe this. It's disgusting.
AWFUL!
Yet one more reason to never shop there. This is a travesty.
that is so cruel for walmart to do among many other things they shouldn't be doing this is pretty up there. It makes me want to stop shopping there!
This makes me sick…
Greedy Walmart, if the problem is protecting the other employees, they should give the money as a donation then…
Wal-mart is beyond evil. If you research them they are a cross between a cult and the mob. If you actually knew how they got you penny pinchers those cheap buys you might think twice. That money they sued that family for is pennies to them. The Waltons alone are some of the wealthiest in America. Makes me sick. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. Welcome to America.
NASTY.
walmart is disgusting,
start a foundation for debbie !
Aww, that's really depressing.
Of course they want the money back. Not to put in the pockets of greedy execs at WalMart, but to go back into the plan. Like it or not, that's where the money belongs. What a sad story, but it's not WalMart's fault. Nor is it Blue Cross's fault. If she was at home with a "back injury", collecting benefits and not working, I doubt anyone would question the logic here. Yes, it's terrible that she was so badly injured, but you're pointing the finger at the wrong people. Feel free to dislike WalMart for any number of other reasons, but this story is completely emotional. It would be illegal for them not to demand their money back, and furthermore, it would be unfair to the other policyholders, whose premiums are based upon payments collected vs expenses paid. Sad, sad story for the family involved. FYI…WalMart didn't send her son to Iraq. Again, pointing the finger at the wrong people. Her attorney made a nice chunk of change and possibly even earned it. Any personal injury attorney should know the effect of the subrogation clause. Sorry Perez, WalMart has done the right thing. If you generous people want to contribute to the family, knock yourself out. Sadly, there are many families with incapacitated loved ones who need money for care. The most annoying part of the story is that CNN played the pity card to evoke an emotional response. Just report the news, damnit!
If poster #1014 is legit, there's an account in her name at Bank of America. All of you who can and want to help, please do so. Quit waiting for some "evil corporate scum" to fork over money they don't owe her.
Just another reason that I refuse to shop at HELLmart. They have run off all of our local department stores like Ames, G.C. Murphy's, Hills, Woolworth's, etc. Nobody is getting rich except the HELLmart family and as far as I know they don't donate to any charities or organizations. They treat their employees like crap and this incident just confirms my case. So very sad!
THIS STORY DEEPLY SADDENS ME.
HOW MUCH DEVASTATION MUST ONE FAMILY ENDURE.
EVERYONE PLEASE REMEMBER THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS.
Not that I ever really shopped there anyways, but I will NEVER, EVER step into that store again after reading this. What a bunch of greedy, disgusting son-of-a-bitches…there is a special place in hell for these Walmart assholes.
Perez, i just wanted to thank you for featuring this article. I grew up in Jackson MO and know these folks–Jackson is a very small town. Their son that died was in my youngest brother's class, and this entire ordeal has been heartbreaking for everyone who knows the Shank family. They are good, hard-working people and do not deserve to be treated like this by Wal Mart. I just appreciate you calling attention to their story. peace&bless-e.
Well, not the first time that Wal-Mart is being unethical. A while back they purposedly hired illegal Hispanic immigrants (because we all know perfectly well that all illegals are Hispaincs right??!! There are absolutely no European, African or Asian illegals in this country…only Hispanics, especially Mexicans and Salvadorans….stupidity thou has a name and it is Minutemen) and then contacted ICE that arrested and deported these immigrants. Needless to say, they could give away stuff for free, I still would not go there.
Should anyone be surprised by this from Wal-mart? It has a track record of not only environmental/people abuse in different parts of the world. It is a nasty company that cares only about its profits, which is why I don't lower myself to shop there unless I have absolutely no other choice.
What a heartless company. They'll never get another $ from me.
Why are you hating onwalmart so much when the insurance plan was up front. They signed on to these benefits. If the company makes an exception for her than 100,00 other poor stories will come out of the wood work and can win in court due to this case. Premiums for health insurance go up because of cases like these where the insurance company has to shell out a lot of money. It WOULD be benficial to the rest of the working force to take the money back. SHould walmart have a abenfit or offer free product- YES. Are they obligated to- NO. Say what you want about Walmart but if it were not for them in some small towns there would be NO jobs and people could not afford simple things. This woman has a sad sad story and if it were my family, I too would try everything I could to get the money… Walmart is not in the wrong here though.
Also, the ladies son posted that you cold go to Bank of America and make a donation… how many of you OUTRAGED people have done that? Thats what i thought. I bet too that most of you who are SO against walmart have visited one recently… THe 4 dollar generic girl up there has… What about other big names… Should a basketball player who knows that someone was hurt a t a game give 2 million to the fan? He has 60 millionin the bank, you atch CRIBS, you know how wmuch they have… it is unfair. ALl they do is play basket ball why cant they help???? Why should they help???
Watch the documentary "The High Cost of Low Price" about Walmart. Walmart has ruined America and the corporation gives little or nothing to charity!!!!!
Oh Perez. You have done a wonderful thing by spreading this information about the horrible treatment of this woman and her family. You are known for your bluntness and sometimes that can be cruel. But with this story - you are absolutely using your powers for good. Walmart should be ashamed of themselves. And you should be proud of yours! Walmart's treatment of this woman is appalling. But your concern is uplifting. The more people that read and respond to this story - well, I'm an optimist and perhaps we can right an obvious wrong. F! Walmart. I won't shop there until they do the right thing.
Walmart will never do the right thing. My aunt worked for them years back and she paid into her long/short term benefits and walmart denied paying her the money she paid into it after she had her brain tumor operation. Not to mention that currently they charge their employees around $500-600 a month for health benefits that are POOR and in the next year are looking to raise it another $100. I know a family that has to drop their health coverage because they can't afford to pay what Walmart wants to keep their coverage. A store like that, that makes the money they do and that's what they do to their employees? It's really sad. They don't pay them enough to pay for healthcare like that. It's rediculous. And when they give money to "charitable causes" they end up cutting the employees hours to make up for the money they gave. So they get it back in a tax right off AND from cutting hours from families that need the money. It's a disgrace.
The sad thing is, they're not entirely clear with people about their health benefits. They always find a way around being honest and doing the right thing. It's sad.
It's also sad that they run smaller businesses out. They're monopolizing and it's getting out of control. They know people will shop there because the economy is hurting and their prices are lower than everywhere else.
Wal-Mart sucks! It's dirty and trashy! If you are smart at all, you will only shop at Target.
I certainly plan on writing Wal-Mart a letter. This is an outrage. whatever happened to human decency and sympathy? I will never enter another wal-mart again!
Thank you, Perez. I am rethinking my patronization of Walmart. While subrogation is common, it can be waived. Or, Walmart could donate to the trust fund of its employee to offset the amount it takes back in subrogation. Marcy Graham is an excellent attorney, though. That is one positive light from the story. The woman is well represented.
I KNOW WALMART IS EVIL, SO IS CHOCOLATE CAKE. CHEAP FIXES…. AH HELL WITH IT… BUY MY CHOCOLATE CAKE AT WALMART EVEN IF THEY ARE THE DEVIL, THEY SELL CHEAP.. MY BAD
Re: Lori –
I am a personnel manager for Wal-mart and I know for a fact that they have insurance plans as low as $3 per paycheck and none of the plans come anywhere close to $500 per month. As far as them denying the short term/long term claim–they don't make the decisions on that–the insurance company The Hartford does. You are severly misinformed about many things.
It's the lawyer's fault!!!
It's the lawyer's fault!!!
It's the lawyer's fault!!!
It's the lawyer's fault–and SHE STILL GOT PAID $500,000!!!!
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