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Need another reason to hate Walmart? Here ya go...

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And once more, Walmart's PR machine is rolling along like a Nazi invasion...

JACKSON, Missouri (CNN) -- Debbie Shank breaks down in tears every time she's told that her 18-year-old son, Jeremy, was killed in Iraq. Even though the 52-year-old mother of three attended her son's funeral -- she continues to ask how he's doing. When her family reminds her that he's dead -- she weeps as if hearing the news for the first time.

Shank suffered severe brain damage after a traffic accident nearly eight years ago that robbed her of much of her short-term memory and left her in a wheelchair and living in a nursing home.

It was the beginning of a series of battles -- both personal and legal -- that loomed for Shank and her family. One of their biggest was with Wal-Mart's health plan.

Eight years ago, Shank was stocking shelves for the retail giant and signed up for Wal-Mart's health and benefits plan.

Two years after the accident, Shank and her husband, Jim, were awarded about $1 million in a lawsuit against the trucking company involved in the crash. After legal fees were paid, $417,000 was placed in a trust to pay for Debbie Shank's long-term care.

Wal-Mart had paid out about $470,000 for Shank's medical expenses and later sued for the same amount. However, the court ruled it can only recoup what is left in the family's trust.

The Shanks didn't notice in the fine print of Wal-Mart's health plan policy that the company has the right to recoup medical expenses if an employee collects damages in a lawsuit.
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he family's attorney, Maurice Graham, said he informed Wal-Mart about the settlement and believed the Shanks would be allowed to keep the money. "We assumed after three years, they [Wal-Mart] had made a decision to let Debbie Shank use this money for what it was intended to," Graham said.
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BAD LAWYER, BAD, no cookie!
 
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TRON;1124526; said:
People should read what they sign when they get a job or apply for one.
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There is not a health plan or disability plan in America that does not have a subrogation clause. The lawyer saying "We assumed after three years, they [Wal-Mart] had made a decision to let Debbie Shank use this money for what it was intended to" will get a summary judgment in favor of the client against the lawyer for screwing up the subrogation negotiation prior to settling and disbursing the money to his client.

Walmart, as loathsome as it is, is not the bad guy here, IMHO.
 
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BrutusMaximus;1125157; said:
Anybody ever worked for Walmart? Have you had to endure that creepy nazi school chant that you have to do every morning? Walmart is the return of the nazis, I am tellin you.
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The first time I ran across that chant it was real early in the morning and I was still pretty out of it. It really shocked the heck out of me. They were loud. I want to say they did some kind of a cheerleader type of thing were one guy yelled out "give me a "w"" ect. Afterward i think they had to sing a song. All I could think about was how desperate they must have been for a job, 'cause there is no way in fucking hell I would do that for minimum wage. That was as gay as an airport bathroom.
 
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knoctor;876673; said:
Amazing to me how people still cite things they see written in the paper as complete truth. This is apparently an allegation brought up by an ATTORNEY of all things. I for one would probably wait for the Wal-Mart response before making a knee jerk reaction. I for one can't fathom the hatred for Wal-Mart. It is probably one of the all-time great business models of all time and has saved millions of people millions of dollars over the years. Union workers that feel they deserve to demand excessive wages for running a cash register or stocking shelves are at the root of the complaining against Wal-Mart. How about developing skills beyond what a pimple-faced sixteen year old can learn in thirty minutes, so those skills might be in demand by an employer. You don't deserve a great living with expensive benefits because you can place rivets in a fender (replaced by robots) or run a cash register ( replaced by auto scan). If a machine can do a job in your stead, you better learn a trade that is in demand and can't be automated.
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Bingo.

No one has ever been forced to work at Wal Mart or shop at Wal Mart. If you want a better paying job, go find one. If you don't want to shop there, go someplace else.

Quit fucking whining about it...
 
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