WHAT AN EVIL, GREEDY AND SELFISH FUCKING COMPANY… THE NUMBER ONE RETAILER IN THE WORLD WANTS TO TAKE THIS WOMANS MONEY. SHAME ON YOU WALMART, YOU PUT SMALL BUSINESSES OUT OF BUSINESS AND YOU TAKE SICK PEOPLES MONEY. I'LL NEVER SHOP THERE!!!!!!!!!!!
Perez - other than writing Wal-mart… pls let us know what we can do to help this family out! If all your reader's donated a dollar to this family - I think it would help them a ton!
This is pretty standard, actually. An insurance company gets paid back for the wrongdoing of another insured party. The fact that her attorney didn't tell them this isn't cool, however why didn't they also sue for future needs? Bad attorney!
I feel sos ad for this woman. The attorney is actually at risk of favoritism if they give the money back or don't pursue. Maybe a petition to change their policy and do a fund raiser for her???? I think it is devastating corporate america always seems to win!!!
I am completely shocked by all the "a contract is a contract" replies to this, those people who are saying that an insurance company has the right to recoup money from a settlement to cover any medical expenses that were paid out. There is something seriously wrong in American society for anyone to agree with this practice. When I hear stories like this it makes me so much more grateful to be a Canadian and for our health care system. This just would not happen in Canada. To all you Americans out there who are outraged about this, don't be outraged about this one case, be outraged that your government allows insurance companies to operate like this! Use your vote in the forthcoming election to put a stop to greedy insurance companies' control over your health care!!
wal-mart sucks. unfortunately, one of the reasons the corporation makes so much money is because they locate themselves in small ass towns where there's literally no big stores nearby but wal-mart. and especially with those super wal-marts they are making bank because they are open 24 hours. these ppl who shop there don't have much choice b/c it's the closest place for them to get everything they need. IF you live in a bigger city where there's tons of other stores to shop at, DO so. Fuck wal-mart!
so all in all WHO CARES what walmarts decision was. the clause is in black and white, and they signed on the dotted line. Contract valid.
just like any other payment you make, it's all within a contract, wether its your cell phone, car loan, house loan, whatever, you agreed to the terms of service, there for you must abide by them, if you don't you lose out. it's not about greed, it's about rules and regulations, we all have them, so don't be so quick to judge someone or some company over what the rules say they can do. it sickens me that you all are so easy to trash yet you don't read between the lines. you read what you want and you base your judgement on that because you THINK it's not right.
Wal-Mart exudes mediocrity in every sense imaginable. They are boarish and unsympathetic to the fact that they've altered the built environment in this country forever. They plop their stores in previously undeveloped sites, crappy development and vinylized neighborhoods soon follow and then the company abandons that location for one more favorable, even if only half a mile away. What company can immediately occupy acres of cheap construction fabricated on the premise of bottom dollar? There isn't one, and so the building sits empty as a monument to an enourmous waste of time and resources. This very scenario just happened in the town in which I grew up; the city finally decided to raze the building and use it as fill for a riverbank development project. Oh…and the company also razed a mountain top (literally, it chopped off the top of a mountain) to locate their new store.
My point is that Wal-Mart treats its employees and contractors similar to the land it sits on; it doesn't give a damn. I hope that some executive down in Arkansas is reading these responses about their company and taking stock; we're tired of you and we won't stand for it anymore. I haven't visited your store in years and I encourage everyone else to do the same. Even the site of your building makes me ill.
Go to hell, Wal-Mart.
omigosh i saw this earlier today and was so heated, i wrote an email to the corporate office, a nearby superwalmart location, and i plan on getting a bunch of ppl at GMU to sign a petition to send over to corporate headquarters…. its just insane
Wal- mart is in the wrong here but come on… u know u will still shop there and so do they… it's to the point where they know they are untouched- if you really cared we would all boycott….
That's so fucked up what Wal-Mart does to its employees. I mean I do go to wal-mart their prices are the lowest but if there ever were a boycott for reasons like this I would surely comply! This is such a fucked up sad story!!!
About the lawyers' fees: I don't think they were excessive. A lot of work goes into a lawsuit. It takes most cases an average of 18 months to reach trial. that's a lot of work and time expended. Besides, if you have to take on a corporate giant like Wal Mart, you're going to need good lawyers and that costs money.
Re: Lilly –
Lilly, your post makes sense. I am really suspicious of the woman's lawyers. If she had to have constant medical care for the rest of her life, then why did the lawyers let her settle for a measly million dollars? Full-time care is crazy expensive. That money would run out in a hurry. And why did the lawyers get 60% of the payout? My understanding is that a typical personal injury lawyer works on contingency and gets about a third of the recovery. But then again, if the truck company's insurance didn't cover all of the woman's expenses, then I don't understand why Wal-Mart's insurance didn't cover the rest. Unfortunately the story doesn't have any details about Wal-Mart's insurance plan, so I can't tell if Wal-Mart is to blame or not. But if the insurance plan is really that bad, then Wal-Mart probably is at fault because they should have taken better care of their employees. I know some people are saying that the woman should have read the fine print. But please, Wal-Mart has way more bargaining power than her, she probably wasn't in any position to turn down the job even if they didn't offer her insurance. I mean, come one, she was a stock-clerk at Wal-Mart, so she probably wasn't very sophisticated.
If each one of the 544 posters found a friend and then each of the 544 posters and their friends donated $383.25, this family would be able to get their $417,000 fund back.
Where is this Walmart's problem and not yours? Walmart provided cut rate insurance that is paying all the medical bills. And if CNN is so shocked, where is their contribution? Better yet, why doesn't Perez donate his extra revenues earned from posting an appallingly judgmental story with inappropriate pictures of a 14 year old girl?
Just saying…since you’re suddenly so quick to now know what is right, and you seem to love leading the sheep, start us off with your own six figure contribution. When we see you do it, then you will have earned the right to advise any person or company where they should direct their charitable contributions. Until then, you will remain a trivial being who exploits young girls for profit and revenge, while expecting the rest of us to “do the right thing.”
how is this any fucking different than paying athletes millions of dollars. As if anyone really needs that kind of money. THere should be a law requiring them to donate a percentage of their earnings to charity or to be used as scholarships to educate this country or else we are all doomed!! It's nice to help others in other countires but this story CLEARLY illustrates the U.S. has beyond its fair share of problems right here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting this Perez… its horrible and I hope you bringing awareness to this poor family will help raise money, as I expect greedy Wal-Mart will not give in when like it says, makes profits in the millions. Unless Wal-Mart wants to save face, I'll be going down the street and shopping at Target.
This same thing happened to me after a 2003 car wreck. This is in most larger companies insurance policies, in very fine print. All of my insurance settlement went right back to the company I work for.
Unfortunately, wal-mart only cares about every penny and not human beings. It is sad to know they are so low down not to even give a damn! I am sure if the situation hit closer to home to one of the corporate's family members it would be a lot prettier.
What has hurt this country are fucking lawyers and corporate greed that has allowed America in many ways to become a second rate nation. A recent movie documentary on Wal Mart has shown how Wal Mart keptall of its employees from unionizing; if that is the case is this all too surprizing that they would go after this poor woman's remaining money? Well then Fuck Wal Mart and fuck Sam or whatever the fuck these grredy mother fuckers that run this company that place flags in their windows and support the troops in Iraq. They are liars and thieves…… FUCK THEM ALL
This makes me sick. To think that a billion dollar company can not find it in their hearts to help these people who clearly need it. Cmon' Give big Walmart!
Y'all are the Brain-Damaged Ones!
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Most of you posters are fucking retarded. Get your heads out of your arseholes. Perez is an idiot, and so are you for letting him tell you what to think! Come on, the guy's reputation is based on drawing hearts around famous people's genitals. He has no moral or intellectual clout!
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the majority of wal-mart's products are from China. Let's not forget that China has little to no human rights. This is a country that allows newborn baby girls to be drowned upon birth since couples are only allowed to have one child.
Well Perez maybe you should call you Hillary, since she previously worked for Wal-Mart where she defended them and they donated $500,000.00 to Former President Clinton's Library. Food for Thought, but most Importantly VOTE!!!!
hmmm well her situation sucks & I blame her attorney. I could have done a better job than he did & I'm no lawyer. He should have read the insurance contract. That is after all what he was getting paid for. Or advised them not to sue and just keep the regular healthcare. And then he should have figured in the cost of long-term care and asked for an amount that would cover it. Not asked for $1 million and then taken half of it.
I don't think it's fair to blame Walmart for following their own policy and not being philanthropic. It would be nice if they could save the world, but they are corporate America not the Red Cross.
The Wal-Mart execs don't let them unionize and now they're screwing a poor woman of her money??? This is an even better reason not to shop at Wal-Mart. It's 200 grand. That's a drop in the bucket for them. The bastards.
Obviously Walmart is living up to their rep. But the family needs to quit reminding her that her son has died. Just tell her he's doing fine and leave at that. I work with Alzheimer's patients who go through the same thing, asking for their parents who have been dead for years. I just tell them "they will be back soon". Within in minutes they forget they asked. Why make them relive the pain over and over. It makes no sense.
I used to work for Wal-Mart and now I work for a very large insurance company. I know for a FACT that exceptions can be made regarding her insurance AND if they asked the associates, the majority of them would want her to keep her money!
I emailed Wal-Mart on their website and let them know what I thought about this!
WHAT ARE GOING TO DO PEREZ??? PLEASE, GIVE US AN EMAIL CONTACT TO FLOOD WALMART ABOUT THIS BULLSHIT….!!!!! IN THE MEANTIME, I'M NOT SHOPPING IN FUCKING WALMART OR SUPPORTING THE FUCKING CHINESE OLYMPICS
the real effed up part about this is the fact that it said wal-mart 'had the right to' collect. not that they 'had to collect'. saying that wal-mart is bound by certain rules is bullshit. they don't 'have to' they 'took the right to.'
**sigh** 90 billion dollars and they still have to screw over someone. this time, it's not even someone that can defend herself. people have to do it FOR her. i hope they're happy. this is the kind of negative press that intensifies the negative perception that people have about stores like wal-mart. their health insurance isn't that great to begin with. do they REALLY need ot do this?
I may not know much about anything, but I know about this.
I adjust injury claims for an automobile insurance company. The blaim here lies with… THE ATTORNEY. Every attorney knows that unless they want this exact situation, the subrogation would have to be waived by the health insurer or self insurer. If he went for the cool milliion and was lazy enough to not address the health insurance carrier, then YES, THAT MONEY WOULD BE OWED TO THE HEALTH INSURER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LIEN ON ANY SETTLEMENT OR JUDGMENT PROCEEDS. This is not just Wal-Mart's health insurance, it is Medicare and Medicaid especially, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Anthem, Aetna, United HealthCare… all of them.
Curious how the attorney is pointing the finger here. This poor woman is in this situation because her attorney screwed her. If the attorney ignored his RESPONSIBILITY to address her health insurance lien, which is pretty substantial judging from her injury, and accepted the $1 million for general damages only… pain and suffering, inconvenience, etc… that would increase his payday!! Yep
Re: VtFarmboy –
That's not the point
The point is that this policy shouldn't be in place to start.
Walmart, and all the other companies your talking about shouldn't turn around and screw people over when they need help the most
Wow that really sad and messed up.Don't Wal-Mart know their employees aren't rich if they are working at their store.As big as they are.They should have wonderful health benefits and not all these bogus formalities.Thats gree for ya.GRADE A GREED!
I stopped shopping at WalMart years ago. People really don't understand how big this monster is. The founder is turning in his grave because this wasn't his original plan he had for his company. WALMART IS A MONSTER, STOP SHOPPING there. THEY MAKE LOCAL BUSINESS MOVE, the mom and pop shops they are sick. GOOGLE WALMART, WALMART LAWSUITS, COMPLAINTS, educate yourself.
This is another prime example of big brother business sticking it to the small man. If mega-corporation Walmart would stick to its low prices, this woman could afford to pay for her own medical care. Instead, they will take her medical money so they can make more money. Instead of paying her own way in life, this woman is a new burden on the tax-payers. Way-to-go Walmart and big brother government, another way that this country is screwed up….
Its always good to see these stories as well as the celebrity gossip, hope this will cause Walmart to have a change of heart. I know with as many reader as you have, there will definitely be an answer to this family's prayers real soon, I hope!
It is a shame so many posters here have no conception of the law or contracts. Wal-Mart did what any other company would have done. You can not make exceptions for one and not for all employees. There are many reasons one might want to boycott Wal-Mart but this is not one of them.
This makes me sick. I hope we see this story all over the media, and someone will step up and help this poor family out. Wal Mart needs to rot in HELL for this one!!
Wal mart is always saying how they are there for us and for charities and such. this just goes to show you that they are full of shit! Ever since Sam died, its definately gone down hill in the customer service and up hill in the me me me factor. just like most big businesses, but i was hoping wal mart was a little different. nope. they suck too.
She receive about 1 million and walked away with $417K. I don't see her lawyer offering to reduce his fees.
Anyway, it'll be a lot worse if we all get stuck with Hillary's health plan. 50? Brain injury? We're sorry Ma'am, but that $470K would be much better spent on someone with a better prognosis for full recovery.
I'd like to hear whether Hillary's plan would have paid for my Dad's heart surgery at age 84.
You people that keep saying that Wal-Mart is greedy and this is what is wrong with that company, you need to open your eyes. This is how ALL insurance works. You can't double dip. Wal-Mart should not have paid a dime for her medical bills to begin with since it was an auto accident, but they did. The other guys insurance should have paid for her bills. Now they just want their money back for something they should not have paid for in the first place. Next time you need to research and actually know how the process works before bashing a company.
Re: J –
The lawyers weren't fighting Wal-Mart to get the $1 million settlement, they were fighting the truck driver's insurance company (based on the facts reported in the story). Most personal injury lawyers work on contingency, and they only get 30% of the payout. These lawyers got almost 60%. That seems excessive. The family is probably not well-educated. It sounds like the lawyers took advantage of them.
obviously she was an employee of Wal-mart and took part in the benefit package which was given to her as comp for her accident and b/c she sued and won her case from the trucking company that caused the accident Wal-mart is now suing her for the money that was given as part of her benefit package with Wal-mart…my opinion…Wal-mart makes billions of dollars a year so why bother taking this woman to court, let her keep the money its not like Wal-mart is needing for anything…how pathetic is that to be taking advantage of this poor woman in the state that she is in….HAS SHE NOT SUFFERED ENOUGH…WAL-MART SUCKS A$$! Re: Mel –
Re: Kaitlyn – I live in Miami, we have every store in the world here and the Wal-Marts are crowded24/7 because of great prices and selection while K-Mart and Sears are always empty.
Perez,
You're much too cool for a 36 yr old mom of 4 but, your website is my little guilty pleasure. WALMART is the devil as far as i'm concerned. My family will not be going to Walmart anymore. You have the media power to spread the word. EVERYONE should stop shopping there. They are laughing all the way to bank on our disadvantaged, underpaid, discriminated people who work and shop there.
It does not suck. If they don't collect money like that 100000 peoples rates will go up also. Trust me, everyone has a horrible sad story. Where do you draw the line?
wal-mart & insurance co's suck!!!! it is the USA and really think about it. why do i go the dr with insurance and pay $150 out of pocket for a $175 visit when i work and have insurance?this country sucks! no wonder they split and got benfits! i know people who do it!
I'm glad I have money so I don't have to stoop as low as Wal-mart, what pricks, i feel soo bad for this woman, they're right in being glad she doesn't know what's going on!
I love how everyone is getting onto her for taking the insurance. A) It is probably not like she had a lot of choice. He options might have been work there and get some form of insurance, work somewhere else and get the same kind, or worse, get none. I am sure that if we all read the fine print on our contracts we could be put in the same situation so we can't point the finger at her. I hope this is rectified soon. The CEO should save face and cut her a big check. I hated shopping there before, hated the attitude and the ignorance surrounding this company. Haven't shopped there in over a year and don't plan on returning. In case you haven't read it there has been news of another Wal-Mart employee who has been denied use of his wheelchair while at work. They are on a PR steamroll right now.
Fucking walmart! Didn't pay for my own mother's medical bills when she slipped on the floor in there are fractured her skull! All my parents wanted was the medical taken care of…they didn't want anything else, and fucking walmart to them no and threatened them with a backlash lawsuit if they tried to do anything about it! It was their fault…they had no wet floor signs where the spill was and no one around to warn people about it…and my mother had to live with a fractured skull for months…she still had migranes and pain from it. I would burn them to the ground if I would go to jail for it!
hubby works for walmart they suck! but we all shop there and are making them 90 BILLION a quarter, sad but we consumers are making this money for them and we all get nothing in return
Perez, it's nice that lately you're playing 'current events / public defender perez', but you really shouldn't be making opinions about topics you didn't research, in depth, before posting.
It's the lawyers fault for not advising the client about the "fine print" in the first place.
The settlement amount is determined by the trucking company's own insurance policy and if it's low then you either need to sue beyond the company, i.e. the people at fault personally, the owners etc or just deal.
Similar situation happend to me and I had to pay it back. However, I'm not sending my probable lack of ability to give birth in the future and pissing problems at age 20 to the media to cry about it. oh did i say my mom died 6 months after it happend. she had breast cancer, she didn't chose to go to the military and get sent to Iraq, as her son did.
but that's the emotional hook to sway opinions of the already indifferent audience.
Ie. "wal-mart is evil" & comment #16.
I am a recovering alcoholic, I fell off the wagon a few months back (got right back on it) but told my boss at Walmart. She told me not to come back because I have "issues".
disgusting!! How could Wal Mart do this….what does a billion dollar company need a measly $200,000! horrible and I will NEVER and I mean NEVER shop at Wal-Mart again after hearing this and I hope more do the same in protest of this heartbreaking story.
Health insurance in American is a joke. A JOKE. It's sad when someone values money over the life of another human being, but that's the world we live in. Money makes the world go ’round…Only in American folks
Seriously did any of you go to college? You all need to get your little heads out of your giant asses. Do any of you have a clue how insurance law works? Perez why don't you just go and sit on your ass and find a million more stories just like this one. It is not Wal-Marts fault…why don't you check out her lawyers…or maybe the insurance agency. And Perez I am pretty sure that you have shopped at Wal-Mart before:) We are all watching.
Re: jesse – Apparently you have poor reading comprehension. The money the woman was awarded was not from Wal-Mart, it was against the person who injured her in the accident. The woman worked at Wal-Mart and had her health insurance through them. Wal-Mart is suing her for the money her insurance paid for her care. In other words, they want her to pay back the money her health insurance paid. She worked, paid her premiums and deserved the coverage, BUT greddy ass wal-mart wants the money back since she won a lawsuit, which had nothing to do with Wal-Mart. Try understanding what you are commenting on before you say something ignorant. You actually sound like a typical Wal-Mart shopper…Uneducated, poor and likely dirty and fat.
WHAT AN EVIL, GREEDY AND SELFISH FUCKING COMPANY… THE NUMBER ONE RETAILER IN THE WORLD WANTS TO TAKE THIS WOMANS MONEY. SHAME ON YOU WALMART, YOU PUT SMALL BUSINESSES OUT OF BUSINESS AND YOU TAKE SICK PEOPLES MONEY. I'LL NEVER SHOP THERE!!!!!!!!!!!
Perez - other than writing Wal-mart… pls let us know what we can do to help this family out! If all your reader's donated a dollar to this family - I think it would help them a ton!
Why Why Why would they feel it necessary to hold this poor family responsible for their medical plan payouts? It's ridiculous. What's next?
this makes me SICK!!!!!
Walmart should be boycotted!!!
This is pretty standard, actually. An insurance company gets paid back for the wrongdoing of another insured party. The fact that her attorney didn't tell them this isn't cool, however why didn't they also sue for future needs? Bad attorney!
Re: dianne –
I'm not surprised they were fired. The owners of Walmart need the $hit kicked out of them
Wal-Mart never has, and never will, do the "right" thing. They could give all their sh*t away for free and I still wouldn't go there.
I feel sos ad for this woman. The attorney is actually at risk of favoritism if they give the money back or don't pursue. Maybe a petition to change their policy and do a fund raiser for her???? I think it is devastating corporate america always seems to win!!!
I will NEVER shop at WalMart again. EVER.
Walmart suuuucks.
I am completely shocked by all the "a contract is a contract" replies to this, those people who are saying that an insurance company has the right to recoup money from a settlement to cover any medical expenses that were paid out. There is something seriously wrong in American society for anyone to agree with this practice. When I hear stories like this it makes me so much more grateful to be a Canadian and for our health care system. This just would not happen in Canada. To all you Americans out there who are outraged about this, don't be outraged about this one case, be outraged that your government allows insurance companies to operate like this! Use your vote in the forthcoming election to put a stop to greedy insurance companies' control over your health care!!
I think that everyone should e-mail Wal-Mart corporate about this at
walmartstores.com
wal-mart sucks. unfortunately, one of the reasons the corporation makes so much money is because they locate themselves in small ass towns where there's literally no big stores nearby but wal-mart. and especially with those super wal-marts they are making bank because they are open 24 hours. these ppl who shop there don't have much choice b/c it's the closest place for them to get everything they need. IF you live in a bigger city where there's tons of other stores to shop at, DO so. Fuck wal-mart!
so all in all WHO CARES what walmarts decision was. the clause is in black and white, and they signed on the dotted line. Contract valid.
just like any other payment you make, it's all within a contract, wether its your cell phone, car loan, house loan, whatever, you agreed to the terms of service, there for you must abide by them, if you don't you lose out. it's not about greed, it's about rules and regulations, we all have them, so don't be so quick to judge someone or some company over what the rules say they can do. it sickens me that you all are so easy to trash yet you don't read between the lines. you read what you want and you base your judgement on that because you THINK it's not right.
Wal-Mart exudes mediocrity in every sense imaginable. They are boarish and unsympathetic to the fact that they've altered the built environment in this country forever. They plop their stores in previously undeveloped sites, crappy development and vinylized neighborhoods soon follow and then the company abandons that location for one more favorable, even if only half a mile away. What company can immediately occupy acres of cheap construction fabricated on the premise of bottom dollar? There isn't one, and so the building sits empty as a monument to an enourmous waste of time and resources. This very scenario just happened in the town in which I grew up; the city finally decided to raze the building and use it as fill for a riverbank development project. Oh…and the company also razed a mountain top (literally, it chopped off the top of a mountain) to locate their new store.
My point is that Wal-Mart treats its employees and contractors similar to the land it sits on; it doesn't give a damn. I hope that some executive down in Arkansas is reading these responses about their company and taking stock; we're tired of you and we won't stand for it anymore. I haven't visited your store in years and I encourage everyone else to do the same. Even the site of your building makes me ill.
Go to hell, Wal-Mart.
Wal mart should be ashamed of them selves, it's not like they can't afford it!!!
walmart doesnt even permit a UNION. The only one thatr had one was in quebec canada and it got closed downnnnn
Damn, where's Oprah when you need her!!!
this makes me sick
omigosh i saw this earlier today and was so heated, i wrote an email to the corporate office, a nearby superwalmart location, and i plan on getting a bunch of ppl at GMU to sign a petition to send over to corporate headquarters…. its just insane
It's just sad…
thats so disgusting of walmart
Wal- mart is in the wrong here but come on… u know u will still shop there and so do they… it's to the point where they know they are untouched- if you really cared we would all boycott….
That's so fucked up what Wal-Mart does to its employees. I mean I do go to wal-mart their prices are the lowest but if there ever were a boycott for reasons like this I would surely comply! This is such a fucked up sad story!!!
BOYCOTT WAL MART! THEY ARE A EVIL CORPORATION!!!!
About the lawyers' fees: I don't think they were excessive. A lot of work goes into a lawsuit. It takes most cases an average of 18 months to reach trial. that's a lot of work and time expended. Besides, if you have to take on a corporate giant like Wal Mart, you're going to need good lawyers and that costs money.
Re: Lilly –
Lilly, your post makes sense. I am really suspicious of the woman's lawyers. If she had to have constant medical care for the rest of her life, then why did the lawyers let her settle for a measly million dollars? Full-time care is crazy expensive. That money would run out in a hurry. And why did the lawyers get 60% of the payout? My understanding is that a typical personal injury lawyer works on contingency and gets about a third of the recovery. But then again, if the truck company's insurance didn't cover all of the woman's expenses, then I don't understand why Wal-Mart's insurance didn't cover the rest. Unfortunately the story doesn't have any details about Wal-Mart's insurance plan, so I can't tell if Wal-Mart is to blame or not. But if the insurance plan is really that bad, then Wal-Mart probably is at fault because they should have taken better care of their employees. I know some people are saying that the woman should have read the fine print. But please, Wal-Mart has way more bargaining power than her, she probably wasn't in any position to turn down the job even if they didn't offer her insurance. I mean, come one, she was a stock-clerk at Wal-Mart, so she probably wasn't very sophisticated.
If each one of the 544 posters found a friend and then each of the 544 posters and their friends donated $383.25, this family would be able to get their $417,000 fund back.
Where is this Walmart's problem and not yours? Walmart provided cut rate insurance that is paying all the medical bills. And if CNN is so shocked, where is their contribution? Better yet, why doesn't Perez donate his extra revenues earned from posting an appallingly judgmental story with inappropriate pictures of a 14 year old girl?
Just saying…since you’re suddenly so quick to now know what is right, and you seem to love leading the sheep, start us off with your own six figure contribution. When we see you do it, then you will have earned the right to advise any person or company where they should direct their charitable contributions. Until then, you will remain a trivial being who exploits young girls for profit and revenge, while expecting the rest of us to “do the right thing.”
This is disgusting.
I HATE Wal-mart…I wish we had other stores where my college is so that I didn't have to shop there =(
how is this any fucking different than paying athletes millions of dollars. As if anyone really needs that kind of money. THere should be a law requiring them to donate a percentage of their earnings to charity or to be used as scholarships to educate this country or else we are all doomed!! It's nice to help others in other countires but this story CLEARLY illustrates the U.S. has beyond its fair share of problems right here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THis country needs CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting this Perez… its horrible and I hope you bringing awareness to this poor family will help raise money, as I expect greedy Wal-Mart will not give in when like it says, makes profits in the millions. Unless Wal-Mart wants to save face, I'll be going down the street and shopping at Target.
Thanks again Perez!
Just one more reason why I'll never step foot in a Walmart. They SUCK!
This same thing happened to me after a 2003 car wreck. This is in most larger companies insurance policies, in very fine print. All of my insurance settlement went right back to the company I work for.
Unfortunately, wal-mart only cares about every penny and not human beings. It is sad to know they are so low down not to even give a damn! I am sure if the situation hit closer to home to one of the corporate's family members it would be a lot prettier.
That is so wrong on so many levels. Like Wal-Mart NEEDS the money. Everyone else is right..maybe the lawyer should have ponied up some too.
Sam Walton is rolling over in his grave.
I saw we all protest against Wal mart and stop going. Seriously Wal Mart is an evil company who doesnt give a shit about anyone.
What has hurt this country are fucking lawyers and corporate greed that has allowed America in many ways to become a second rate nation. A recent movie documentary on Wal Mart has shown how Wal Mart keptall of its employees from unionizing; if that is the case is this all too surprizing that they would go after this poor woman's remaining money? Well then Fuck Wal Mart and fuck Sam or whatever the fuck these grredy mother fuckers that run this company that place flags in their windows and support the troops in Iraq. They are liars and thieves…… FUCK THEM ALL
Thanks for posting that, screw Walmart
This makes me sick. To think that a billion dollar company can not find it in their hearts to help these people who clearly need it. Cmon' Give big Walmart!
Most of you posters are fucking retarded. Get your heads out of your arseholes. Perez is an idiot, and so are you for letting him tell you what to think! Come on, the guy's reputation is based on drawing hearts around famous people's genitals. He has no moral or intellectual clout!
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EVERYBODY SHOULD EMAIL THIS THREAD TO WAL-MART
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the majority of wal-mart's products are from China. Let's not forget that China has little to no human rights. This is a country that allows newborn baby girls to be drowned upon birth since couples are only allowed to have one child.
Well Perez maybe you should call you Hillary, since she previously worked for Wal-Mart where she defended them and they donated $500,000.00 to Former President Clinton's Library. Food for Thought, but most Importantly VOTE!!!!
Horrible.
If I ever need something in Walmart, Im just going to shoplift it.
hmmm well her situation sucks & I blame her attorney. I could have done a better job than he did & I'm no lawyer. He should have read the insurance contract. That is after all what he was getting paid for. Or advised them not to sue and just keep the regular healthcare. And then he should have figured in the cost of long-term care and asked for an amount that would cover it. Not asked for $1 million and then taken half of it.
I don't think it's fair to blame Walmart for following their own policy and not being philanthropic. It would be nice if they could save the world, but they are corporate America not the Red Cross.
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The Wal-Mart execs don't let them unionize and now they're screwing a poor woman of her money??? This is an even better reason not to shop at Wal-Mart. It's 200 grand. That's a drop in the bucket for them. The bastards.
That's disgusting. I'll never shop there again.
NEVER EVER SHOP AT WALMART AGAIN. THEY ARE THE WORST CORPORATION TO GRACE OUR PLANET/
WalMart SUCKS totally - I've boycotted them for the last five years.
Wal Mart. Jesus. Get it together.
Obviously Walmart is living up to their rep. But the family needs to quit reminding her that her son has died. Just tell her he's doing fine and leave at that. I work with Alzheimer's patients who go through the same thing, asking for their parents who have been dead for years. I just tell them "they will be back soon". Within in minutes they forget they asked. Why make them relive the pain over and over. It makes no sense.
I used to work for Wal-Mart and now I work for a very large insurance company. I know for a FACT that exceptions can be made regarding her insurance AND if they asked the associates, the majority of them would want her to keep her money!
I emailed Wal-Mart on their website and let them know what I thought about this!
WHAT ARE GOING TO DO PEREZ??? PLEASE, GIVE US AN EMAIL CONTACT TO FLOOD WALMART ABOUT THIS BULLSHIT….!!!!! IN THE MEANTIME, I'M NOT SHOPPING IN FUCKING WALMART OR SUPPORTING THE FUCKING CHINESE OLYMPICS
BOYCOTT WALMART! If peopel stop buying from that crappy store- maybe it will teach them to treat people right. Corporate greed makes me sick
the real effed up part about this is the fact that it said wal-mart 'had the right to' collect. not that they 'had to collect'. saying that wal-mart is bound by certain rules is bullshit. they don't 'have to' they 'took the right to.'
**sigh** 90 billion dollars and they still have to screw over someone. this time, it's not even someone that can defend herself. people have to do it FOR her. i hope they're happy. this is the kind of negative press that intensifies the negative perception that people have about stores like wal-mart. their health insurance isn't that great to begin with. do they REALLY need ot do this?
I may not know much about anything, but I know about this.
I adjust injury claims for an automobile insurance company. The blaim here lies with… THE ATTORNEY. Every attorney knows that unless they want this exact situation, the subrogation would have to be waived by the health insurer or self insurer. If he went for the cool milliion and was lazy enough to not address the health insurance carrier, then YES, THAT MONEY WOULD BE OWED TO THE HEALTH INSURER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LIEN ON ANY SETTLEMENT OR JUDGMENT PROCEEDS. This is not just Wal-Mart's health insurance, it is Medicare and Medicaid especially, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Anthem, Aetna, United HealthCare… all of them.
Curious how the attorney is pointing the finger here. This poor woman is in this situation because her attorney screwed her. If the attorney ignored his RESPONSIBILITY to address her health insurance lien, which is pretty substantial judging from her injury, and accepted the $1 million for general damages only… pain and suffering, inconvenience, etc… that would increase his payday!! Yep
Re: VtFarmboy –
That's not the point
The point is that this policy shouldn't be in place to start.
Walmart, and all the other companies your talking about shouldn't turn around and screw people over when they need help the most
I'm from the town that this woman and her family live. Her son who died was 2 years above me at our high school. It's a really sad story….
Wow that really sad and messed up.Don't Wal-Mart know their employees aren't rich if they are working at their store.As big as they are.They should have wonderful health benefits and not all these bogus formalities.Thats gree for ya.GRADE A GREED!
I stopped shopping at WalMart years ago. People really don't understand how big this monster is. The founder is turning in his grave because this wasn't his original plan he had for his company. WALMART IS A MONSTER, STOP SHOPPING there. THEY MAKE LOCAL BUSINESS MOVE, the mom and pop shops they are sick. GOOGLE WALMART, WALMART LAWSUITS, COMPLAINTS, educate yourself.
thank you perez for sharing that story, I will never shop at
wal-mart again.
That is pocket change to them.
This is disgusting… I really do hope they do the right thing.
Wal-Mart is evil and does not care about their employees. If you care, do not shop there.
This is another prime example of big brother business sticking it to the small man. If mega-corporation Walmart would stick to its low prices, this woman could afford to pay for her own medical care. Instead, they will take her medical money so they can make more money. Instead of paying her own way in life, this woman is a new burden on the tax-payers. Way-to-go Walmart and big brother government, another way that this country is screwed up….
Its always good to see these stories as well as the celebrity gossip, hope this will cause Walmart to have a change of heart. I know with as many reader as you have, there will definitely be an answer to this family's prayers real soon, I hope!
It is a shame so many posters here have no conception of the law or contracts. Wal-Mart did what any other company would have done. You can not make exceptions for one and not for all employees. There are many reasons one might want to boycott Wal-Mart but this is not one of them.
This makes me sick. I hope we see this story all over the media, and someone will step up and help this poor family out. Wal Mart needs to rot in HELL for this one!!
boycott walmart! they run sweatshops in poor countries to produce their shit. grr.
Wal mart is always saying how they are there for us and for charities and such. this just goes to show you that they are full of shit! Ever since Sam died, its definately gone down hill in the customer service and up hill in the me me me factor. just like most big businesses, but i was hoping wal mart was a little different. nope. they suck too.
She receive about 1 million and walked away with $417K. I don't see her lawyer offering to reduce his fees.
Anyway, it'll be a lot worse if we all get stuck with Hillary's health plan. 50? Brain injury? We're sorry Ma'am, but that $470K would be much better spent on someone with a better prognosis for full recovery.
I'd like to hear whether Hillary's plan would have paid for my Dad's heart surgery at age 84.
Yeah, I'm a cynic
You people that keep saying that Wal-Mart is greedy and this is what is wrong with that company, you need to open your eyes. This is how ALL insurance works. You can't double dip. Wal-Mart should not have paid a dime for her medical bills to begin with since it was an auto accident, but they did. The other guys insurance should have paid for her bills. Now they just want their money back for something they should not have paid for in the first place. Next time you need to research and actually know how the process works before bashing a company.
Re: J –
The lawyers weren't fighting Wal-Mart to get the $1 million settlement, they were fighting the truck driver's insurance company (based on the facts reported in the story). Most personal injury lawyers work on contingency, and they only get 30% of the payout. These lawyers got almost 60%. That seems excessive. The family is probably not well-educated. It sounds like the lawyers took advantage of them.
obviously she was an employee of Wal-mart and took part in the benefit package which was given to her as comp for her accident and b/c she sued and won her case from the trucking company that caused the accident Wal-mart is now suing her for the money that was given as part of her benefit package with Wal-mart…my opinion…Wal-mart makes billions of dollars a year so why bother taking this woman to court, let her keep the money its not like Wal-mart is needing for anything…how pathetic is that to be taking advantage of this poor woman in the state that she is in….HAS SHE NOT SUFFERED ENOUGH…WAL-MART SUCKS A$$! Re: Mel –
Re: Kaitlyn – I live in Miami, we have every store in the world here and the Wal-Marts are crowded24/7 because of great prices and selection while K-Mart and Sears are always empty.
Perez,
You're much too cool for a 36 yr old mom of 4 but, your website is my little guilty pleasure. WALMART is the devil as far as i'm concerned. My family will not be going to Walmart anymore. You have the media power to spread the word. EVERYONE should stop shopping there. They are laughing all the way to bank on our disadvantaged, underpaid, discriminated people who work and shop there.
It does not suck. If they don't collect money like that 100000 peoples rates will go up also. Trust me, everyone has a horrible sad story. Where do you draw the line?
wal-mart & insurance co's suck!!!! it is the USA and really think about it. why do i go the dr with insurance and pay $150 out of pocket for a $175 visit when i work and have insurance?this country sucks! no wonder they split and got benfits! i know people who do it!
Pathetic. I am disgusted with Walmart right now.
Welcome to Corporate AMERICE..
WE NEED TO BOYCOTT WALMART FOR THIS! This is beyond Greed!
I FUCKING HATE WAL-MART.EVEN MORE SO NOW. FUCKING GREEDY BASTARDS.
I'm glad I have money so I don't have to stoop as low as Wal-mart, what pricks, i feel soo bad for this woman, they're right in being glad she doesn't know what's going on!
Just another reason not to shop at Wal-Mart
SHAME ON YOU WAL-MART. There will be judgement for those responsible…one day.
I love how everyone is getting onto her for taking the insurance. A) It is probably not like she had a lot of choice. He options might have been work there and get some form of insurance, work somewhere else and get the same kind, or worse, get none. I am sure that if we all read the fine print on our contracts we could be put in the same situation so we can't point the finger at her. I hope this is rectified soon. The CEO should save face and cut her a big check. I hated shopping there before, hated the attitude and the ignorance surrounding this company. Haven't shopped there in over a year and don't plan on returning. In case you haven't read it there has been news of another Wal-Mart employee who has been denied use of his wheelchair while at work. They are on a PR steamroll right now.
Fucking walmart! Didn't pay for my own mother's medical bills when she slipped on the floor in there are fractured her skull! All my parents wanted was the medical taken care of…they didn't want anything else, and fucking walmart to them no and threatened them with a backlash lawsuit if they tried to do anything about it! It was their fault…they had no wet floor signs where the spill was and no one around to warn people about it…and my mother had to live with a fractured skull for months…she still had migranes and pain from it. I would burn them to the ground if I would go to jail for it!
So glad that you are bringing these sort of issues to light. Keep mixing it up and use that power you have as queen of media. Love u perez.
hubby works for walmart they suck! but we all shop there and are making them 90 BILLION a quarter, sad but we consumers are making this money for them and we all get nothing in return
thanks for posting this.
Perez, it's nice that lately you're playing 'current events / public defender perez', but you really shouldn't be making opinions about topics you didn't research, in depth, before posting.
It's the lawyers fault for not advising the client about the "fine print" in the first place.
The settlement amount is determined by the trucking company's own insurance policy and if it's low then you either need to sue beyond the company, i.e. the people at fault personally, the owners etc or just deal.
Similar situation happend to me and I had to pay it back. However, I'm not sending my probable lack of ability to give birth in the future and pissing problems at age 20 to the media to cry about it. oh did i say my mom died 6 months after it happend. she had breast cancer, she didn't chose to go to the military and get sent to Iraq, as her son did.
but that's the emotional hook to sway opinions of the already indifferent audience.
Ie. "wal-mart is evil" & comment #16.
Re: kat – heartless…
Perez readers should do something about this. I'm game. Perez…help us decide what we should do!!!!
I am a recovering alcoholic, I fell off the wagon a few months back (got right back on it) but told my boss at Walmart. She told me not to come back because I have "issues".
They suck…
disgusting!! How could Wal Mart do this….what does a billion dollar company need a measly $200,000! horrible and I will NEVER and I mean NEVER shop at Wal-Mart again after hearing this and I hope more do the same in protest of this heartbreaking story.
this is sooo sad. this woman just can't get a break! her family is in my prayers tonight…
Health insurance in American is a joke. A JOKE. It's sad when someone values money over the life of another human being, but that's the world we live in. Money makes the world go ’round…Only in American folks
Seriously did any of you go to college? You all need to get your little heads out of your giant asses. Do any of you have a clue how insurance law works? Perez why don't you just go and sit on your ass and find a million more stories just like this one. It is not Wal-Marts fault…why don't you check out her lawyers…or maybe the insurance agency. And Perez I am pretty sure that you have shopped at Wal-Mart before:) We are all watching.
Re: jesse – Apparently you have poor reading comprehension. The money the woman was awarded was not from Wal-Mart, it was against the person who injured her in the accident. The woman worked at Wal-Mart and had her health insurance through them. Wal-Mart is suing her for the money her insurance paid for her care. In other words, they want her to pay back the money her health insurance paid. She worked, paid her premiums and deserved the coverage, BUT greddy ass wal-mart wants the money back since she won a lawsuit, which had nothing to do with Wal-Mart. Try understanding what you are commenting on before you say something ignorant. You actually sound like a typical Wal-Mart shopper…Uneducated, poor and likely dirty and fat.
I feel so bad for the poor woman,
she deserves so much better than that :'(
And also…
Time to end the war you conniving fucks!!!