also, i had to change up the Kool-Aid design because apparently I couldn't use a pitcher with arms and legs.... or a face. whatever.... it's different yet similar now
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is dropping a controversial effort to collect over $400,000 in health care reimbursement from a former employee who suffered brain damage in a traffic accident.
The world's largest retailer said in a letter to the family of Deborah Shank of Cape Girardeau County in Missouri that it will not seek to collect money the Shanks won in an injury lawsuit against a trucking company for the accident.
Wal-Mart's top executive for human resources, Pat Curran, wrote that Shank's extraordinary situation had made the company re-examine the situation.
Deborah's husband Jim Shank welcomed the news. Family lawyer Maurice Graham of St. Louis said Wal-Mart deserves credit for doing the right thing.
"It's a good day for the Shank family," Jim Shank said in a statement.
Wal-Mart has been roundly criticized in newspaper editorials, on cable news shows and by union foes for its claim to the funds, which it made in a lawsuit upheld by a federal appeals court.
[note from GC: nope. hadn't seen it. ----- for those wondering why this is being discussed, i had posted an entry regarding the walmart case a few entries back...]
Did the Kool-aid people actually find and come after you that fast, or did some kind soul warn you that they might and you decided not to take the chance?
Whatchoosayin'?? (2 yapped)
Did you see this?
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is dropping a controversial effort to collect over $400,000 in health care reimbursement from a former employee who suffered brain damage in a traffic accident.
The world's largest retailer said in a letter to the family of Deborah Shank of Cape Girardeau County in Missouri that it will not seek to collect money the Shanks won in an injury lawsuit against a trucking company for the accident.
Wal-Mart's top executive for human resources, Pat Curran, wrote that Shank's extraordinary situation had made the company re-examine the situation.
Deborah's husband Jim Shank welcomed the news. Family lawyer Maurice Graham of St. Louis said Wal-Mart deserves credit for doing the right thing.
"It's a good day for the Shank family," Jim Shank said in a statement.
Wal-Mart has been roundly criticized in newspaper editorials, on cable news shows and by union foes for its claim to the funds, which it made in a lawsuit upheld by a federal appeals court.
[note from GC: nope. hadn't seen it. ----- for those wondering why this is being discussed, i had posted an entry regarding the walmart case a few entries back...]
Posted by Stacy | April 2, 2008 12:16 AM
Did the Kool-aid people actually find and come after you that fast, or did some kind soul warn you that they might and you decided not to take the chance?
Inquiring minds want to know ;)
Posted by dana michelle | April 2, 2008 2:35 PM