Another strike against Wal-Mart! Geez this is sick

Well I'm probably going to get a lot of flack over my opinion here but Wal-Mart is not to blame. The family is. They should have read the policy and if they had they would have known this would happen. They should have sued the truck company for enough to not only cover what would be owed but to then cover future expenses. Reading the article this clause is fairly standard. It's states: [b]As is common for employer-sponsored health plans, Shank's insurance required full repayment of medical expenses if she received money from a lawsuit. [/b] I can see why the Supreme Court refused to see the case. And if it is that common then the families lawyer should have known and informed them of what they needed to do. What I can't figure out is why they were using her work insurance and not her car insurance to pay for the medical? That should have been used first and then the health insurance second. Also from the article it is fairly obvious that the woman is not going to suffer. She is still going to be in the nursing home she has been in. She might not have a private room or a private care giver but most people don't have those. She's still going to get good treatment especially if her family is as involved as they try to say they are by the article. Wal-Mart was just making sure to follow what had been agreed to when the woman agreed to the insurance and what the family agreed to when they used it for her care. If they hadn't wanted to repay it then they shouldn't have used it.

This is sad and tragic, but as others pointed out the policy was clear that if you got a lawsuit the medical bills would have to be repaid. Shame on their lawyer for not knowing that and going after the trucking company for more. In this one instance Walmart is not in the wrong, nor do I think insurance companies are in the wrong, but her own lawyer is to blame. Any lawyer worth a grain of salt should know to check out if she'd have to pay back her medical expenses, heck the lawyer should have read the policy completely in the hopes that she would so they could sue for more. Why did her lawyer settle for so little?

I do not know about Wal-Mart in the States. Here in Canada, we have government insurance,plus work covered insurance, but I do know that by what I see on American TV, that there are lawyer firms that someone can sue the company and they receive sometimes a million dollar settlement. Now had she got a settlement from an outside source, like a lawyer firm that specialized in medical injuries, once she got that money, she would have to reimburse Wal-Mart. Now these lawyers speak about one million dollar settlements for a reason. It has to be large enough to pay back the regular insurance company.

Man, Walmart sux! I used to work there and not only do they have no respect for their employees struggles but they are insensative to their needs. I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder and when I worked there because of the crazy schedules they had me on, they would make me work until late at night and then the next day have me in there at like 7:30am, because of this I had a major week long panic episode. My sleeping habits were out of the roof and I was barely sleeping. I went to the hospital and the dr. gave me a note to be off for three weeks to rest and recuperate. He also asked that they change my schedule for about a month from 8am to about 8pm, just so I could get my sleeping habits back on track. What did my manager do? He practically accused me of faking the doctors note. I told him that he could call the dr and he refused. He treated me like crap but finally he gave in but he was not a happy camper and the minute my month was up he had me working crazy hours again. Then, a few months later, they fired me because I kept coming up short but I know something was going on in the office back there because a lot of the employees were getting fired for the same reason. Too many for it to just be a coincidence. That's not the horrible part. They made me come in and work a full shift. Laughed and joked with me when the whole time they had a paper in the office stating that I was being fired. Only when I had an about an hour to go on my shift, did they call me in and fire me. They had never given me any clue that I would be fired that day. About a week later they fired my sister. For weeks after they kept firing employees that had been loyal to them for years. Walmart pretends and puts on a show like they are so caring of their employees but they could care two poops about them. They are one of the most greedy chains on this planet and my only hope is to see them go out of buisness someday. They are lowest vile creatures and I hope this girl sues their butts for all they are worth....

If any of you have company sponsored health care, you should read it to find out if your's has the same clause. Many insurance companies require repayment if you get paid a settlement because of your injuries. THIS IS NOT WALMART, PEOPLE!!!! THIS IS THE INSURANCE COMPANIES!!!!

Wow! This is a sad story. I can't stand the greed that this corporation stands for. It's too bad they stay in business but unfortunately people will continue to shop here for the low prices. I personally haven't shopped any Walmart in over a year.

thanks goodness there is no available mart as this one in here,

i don't know much about walmart... but when i read this post, it is really sick and i feel sad for the woman... i don't know how work insurance works as well as i never use it before... anyway, i still thing what walmart is doing to this woman is wrong... i pity her family... half a million is a very large amount... i'm glad that my company treat its employees really well and the manager really treat their co-workers very well...

Thats sad.. I mean how is one suppose to come up with kind of money mainly working at wal-mart.. They don't pay there work enough that's for sure.. I was going to go and apply and work there but they only pay min wage... Wrong in my book.. I don't know how some people can even make a living working there... Nore I don't know how they can even work there being on there feet for so long with only a few breaks.. I know I couldn't do it.. Glad I've never gotten work there... Now after hearing that about the insurance I'm really glad I haven't...

This is not about how Walmart treats it's employees. It has nothing to do with Walmart. It's their insurance company. "Shank's insurance required full repayment of medical expenses if she received money from a lawsuit." That's what the story said.

Sigh, this is one of those things that just seems totally wrong and I can't possibly do anything about it. Frustrating.

the depth of human greed has no end..