Wal-Mart Sues Brain-Damaged Woman, Family

Wal-mart should be ashamed of itself.  The women will be a crippled for the rest of her life AND her son just died in Iraq!  Glad I stopped shopping there years ago.  It’s an evil empire. No compassion, only profit.  This company embodies everything that’s wrong with America today.  What would Sam do if her were alive today?

Boycott Walmart is the only answer. Do the need to give their CEO another bonus. Walmart is a disgrace. I will never shop there again. We need a national boycott of Walmarts, it is the only way they will listen. Their CEO’s can go straight to hell. I really don’t know how they can live with themselves.

Wal Mart is unbelievably afraid of opening a floodgate of repayment to anyone else who they have taken back payment from. They do not seem to understand the PR goldmine that they are sitting on here. They are too busy circling the legal wagons to see the utter cold hearted treatment of one indivdual who has suffered so much. The entire situation could be remedied by one human being at the corporate level simply picking up the phone and being human and relenting on this one family.

This sickens me.  I have contacted my local NBC news here in Dallas Texas to see if they would be willing to film a boycott at the newest flagship Wal-Mart here in Highland Village TX.  I want to pickett the store with the CNN article to pass out.  Wal-Mart may be in their legal rights, but morally this is a shame and just shows that yet again the big discount stores are nothing more then money hungry and could care less about the community that have set up shop in.

Every Wal-Mart should be set on fire, and their executives lined up against a concrete wall and shot in the head.

I will shop no more at a store that takes from those less fortunate. This family is in turmoil and Wal Mart takes from them. I agree their shoul be a nationwide boycott of all Wal Mart. Once th military bases in this area gets a wisk on this it will be over, trust me they will stop spending their money in that store in a heart beat. I just hope this family will get the help needed. The husband divorced her just so she can get additional help. This was so sad. But leave it to Wal Mart to take food from this family table. NO SHOPPING AT WAL MART. Thsi should change their minds, we hope.

I have boycott Wal Mart since 2001, I do not support them at all . And it is sad the oard of directors will so this to this women . I wish Wal Mart was closed down ...

Below i posted the names of the 15 people who runs walmart. one of them is a lawyer .

Wal-Mart is governed by a fifteen-member Board of Directors, which is elected annually by shareholders. S. Robson Walton, the eldest son of founder Sam Walton, serves as Chairman of the Board. Lee Scott, the Chief Executive Officer, serves on the board as well.

Other members of the board include Aída Álvarez, James Breyer, M. Michele Burns, James Cash, Roger Corbett, Douglas N. Daft, David Glass, Roland A. Hernandez, Allen Questrom, Jack Shewmaker, Jim Walton, Christopher J. Williams, and Linda S. Wolf.[58]

Notable former members of the board include Hillary Clinton (1985–1992)[59] and Tom Coughlin (2003–2004), the latter having served as Vice Chairman. Clinton left the board before the 1992 U.S. Presidential Election, and Coughlin left in December 2005 after pleading guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Wal-Mart.[60] On August 11, 2006, he was sentenced to 27 months of home confinement, five years of probation, and ordered to pay $411,000 in restitution.[61]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart

People, like all of the above, are the reason that we have problems with the healthcare and legal systems in this country and they want to add fuel to the fire!!

“Wal Mart is unbelievably afraid of opening a floodgate of repayment to anyone else who they have taken back payment from.”

This is very true, people will come to expect to be able to collect from Wal-Mart and then sue the original people who were REALLY responsible for the injuries!!  Just think if the lawyers in this case, had won a settlement of $5 million and then, on top of that, get to keep that $5 million, part of which was to pay medical bills, which were already paid by Wal-Mart’s insurance, instead of paying Wal-Mart back!!  That would be like getting your cake and eating it too!!  Try to remember this too, it is not Wal-Mart (the store) that is seeking this money, it is Wal-Mart’s Insurance Fund, which is regulated by the government, and is there for the employees claims, to NOT collect this money, would cause the Fund to be smaller and the employees premiums to rise, to replace that $470,000.00!!

You have to remember, Wal-Mart DID NOT cause this accident, so why should THEY be held responsible for the damages?  How about this idea, Target, K-Mart, and Costco didn’t cause this accident either, why not boycott all of those stores, until they chip in $470,000.00 each, to help the Shanks, after all, they can afford it too!!

RDS believes we have a healthcare “system” in this country, the problem is we have no system. RDS says that people who believe that those suffering catastrophic injuries who have crappy insurance should be able to recoup enough from the responsible parties to pay for their medical care are “the problem”. No, RDS - the problem IS the insurance industry. The Shank’s insurance company - who they paid premiums to - should have been the ones to sue the trucking company that caused the injuries. We should thank the Shanks for suing that trucking company to punish it for their unsafe practices - we may all be a little safer because of that lawsuit. Wal-Mart wanted $53K MORE than what was left in the settlement after legal fees. In the time it took me to write this post, Wal-Mart has made more than $1 Million in profit. The Walton family is the richest in the world and profit from the labor of employees like Debbie Shank. Wal-Mart has the option to negotiate a more compassionate settlement - instead it wants to go by the letter of the contract. Wal-Mart should be careful about that, because there are many cases where Wal-Mart does not go by the letter of the laws of the countries, states, cities and counties in which they operate, and they should be held accountable.  What’s good for the goose…

so, for us, a not so well off family, we should go to a mom & pop store with higher prices, instead of going to wal-mart where we could purchase more for our dollar.  I think that’s a great idea.  How dare Wal-mart actually go for something that’s totally within their right?  I would like to thank the legal and justice system in this country.  At least they had to deceny to award Debbie Shank with $1 million dollars. And kudos to the lawyers who recieved more than half of that for helping that woman.
I know practicing law is hard and I think they deserved the $500,000+ in legal fees.
Wait… should I be writing this on Lawyerwatch?
Hmmm…
I think I’ll just make vulgar lawyer jokes to get back at “sensible” lawyers and do nothing else while trying to overthrow the demonic corporations with boycotts, letters, slander, and just about anything else.
Oh that’s right we do that already…

My sincere condolences to the Shank family… While I do agree that Wal-mart has a LOT to do before I would ever be proud to shop there, I think it’s just funny how Debbie’s Shank’s legal fees are equal to a few years of a family’s annual income… and no one really mentions that.

But hey, I had a lot of time on my hands, like most people here and decided to write. Ciao.

"I think it’s just funny how Debbie’s Shank’s legal fees are equal to a few years of a family’s annual income… and no one really mentions that."~sora

Walmart doesn’t mind legal fees. They would rather go that route for years with their challenge after challenge after challenge of any legal matter till the other party runs out of steam. Lawyers will work for anyone.

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Alex: “Walmart doesn’t mind legal fees. They would rather go that route for years with their challenge after challenge after challenge of any legal matter till the other party runs out of steam. Lawyers will work for anyone. “

Once again you are missing the point.  The point was that had her lawyers not taken half of her settlement she would be able to give the money to Walmart and still be better off than she is now even before Walmart gets anything, and that was for getting a really bad settlement that wasn’t even enough to cover her expenses.  This is mostly the lawyers fault.  The lawyer should have known that this clause was in the insurance policy, and used that to get a bigger settlement out of the truck company and THEIR insurance company.  Generally when there is an accident all health care expenses are paid by the responsible parties automobile insurance so where is the outrage towards the truck company and thier insurance.  People should be upset about this, but you are directing your anger at the wrong people.  The blame belongs with the TRUCKING COMPANY.  Get mad at them not at Walmart.

Walmart seems to be the only company in the US which is the subject of a voluntary, spontaneous, unorganized customer boycott.

There have been cases where some organization has promoted a boycott (say against table grapes by the farmer workers), but I’m not aware of any other case where large numbers of people have, on their own, just decided to stop shopping someplace because of their disgust with the firm’s practices.

Walmart management is so insulated from the lives of ordinary people that they don’t even understand that they have a problem. Once a firm gets associated negatively by the public it is almost impossible to get their good name back.

Enron is a shortcut for crooked corporations. Exxon for “big oil” and Walmart for crappy products and lousy treatment of workers and customers.

That they continue to shoot themselves in the foot this way is simply amazing.

There is an extended discussion on the Crooks and Liars web site.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/03/25/wal-mart-sues-scotus-screws-brain-damaged-woman

What’s interesting is seeing how the same set of talking points keep getting brought up. The most common one being about how Walmart has an “obligation” to recoup the money and that such efforts are routine in such policies.

One has to wonder how so many insurance experts suddenly appeared to defend the business practices of big firms.

I’m sure slave owners had great lawyers also to defend their rights to their “property” under existing laws of the time, this doesn’t make the practice ethical or compassionate.

Whenever I see the same point being made with similar language in a variety of venues, I always wonder who has been sending out the faxes with the talking points.

"Walmart seems to be the only company in the US which is the subject of a voluntary, spontaneous, unorganized customer boycott. “

Really?  Do you not get out much?  First of all it’s hard to call the boycotting of Walmart unorganized or spontaneous when there are so many labor groups and other liberals calling for them to be boycotted.  Second, there have been several other companies that people have boycotted for various reasons.  Third, this is only considered shooting themselves in their foot by people who have no clue about how insurance works and get caught up in the emotion of feeling bad for this couple.  Like I said in my last post be upset at the trucking company and THEIR insurance company.  They are the ones that are liable for all medical expenses for pain and suffering and paying for the loss of work.  In reality they should have been the ones to pay for the hospital stay in the first place.  Just because Walmart has money doesn’t mean they should pay it out to everyone that wants it and needs it.  If they did that they would be broke in no time, and their 1.7 million employees would be out of work.

WE MUST BOYCOTT WALMART!!! Bring them to their knees!!!

robertdfeinman,

“Walmart for crappy products and lousy treatment of workers and customers.”

I find it strange, that you say this, yet, over 100 MILLION people continue to shop there each week, are you saying that all these people are STUPID or just don’t realize that the products are ‘crappy’ and that they are getting ‘lousy’ treatment? And, also, 1.5+ million people WORK there and I guess they don’t realize it either, because they continue to work there and those that quit, are replaced immediately by people just waiting to get a job there!!  Just think, according to you, 1/3 of the total population are ignorant!!

I have shopped at Wal-Mart for over 18 years and I must say, that when in the stores I have shopped at, I have NEVER seen any of the problems mentioned on this site, my shopping experience has ALWAYS been one that has been equal to any other store I have shopped at except K-MART, their’s is really terrible, but somehow nobody cares about their workers, suppliers and customers!!

“One has to wonder how so many insurance experts suddenly appeared to defend the business practices of big firms.”

It seems the courts also agree with the comments you mentioned!!  Besides, the focus should be on WHO is liable, NOT who has the most money (Deep Pockets)!!  And, what kind of Law Firm charges 50%?  Where is the outrage for the law firm that charged so much for such ‘terrible’ results?  Isn’t there talk going around about “Pay for Performance” or does that only pertain to CEO’S?  Maybe it isn’t that people are defending the business practices of big firms, but rather are defending the LAW and a ‘need’ to follow it!!  Emotion and ‘Deep Pockets’ should not be the basis for who wins a lawsuit, the ‘law’ should be the basis, that’s why we have ‘laws’ in the first place, to be followed!!  You expect Wal-Mart to follow the LAW, don’t you, why then do you support those would disregard the law, just because you are talking about Wal-Mart?  One person here, even said that they wouldn’t care if the Shanks had to pay back that money, if it were a ‘smaller’ company they were dealing with!!

I don’t get those who defend Walmart. If you aren’t being paid to do this, then what’s it to you?

Walmart doesn’t really need your help, according to you they are successful in spite of the criticism. Let me explain it to you. If you die tomorrow Walmart won’t send flowers.

It is a perversion of one’s values to identify with a faceless corporation.

Despite claims to the contrary, I find that most defenders of corporatism have some skin in the game. If it isn’t financial than it some misguided emotional attachment to Ayn Rand or libertarianism.

Ayn Rand wouldn’t have sent flowers either, she was an elitist who had complete contempt for blind ideological followers (except, of course, for those who followed her’s).

Grow up already and see which side your bread is buttered on.

Lee Scott gets $20 million to parrot the Walmart line, what are you getting?

I don’t expect Walmart to send me flowers if I die.  They are not “faceless”.  My values are FAR from perversion.  And my only “skin in the game” is to defend capitalism and freedom as a consumer.  You could transplant the name “Walmart” for HallMark, Safeway, Giant, Target, Costco, Lowes etc. etc. and I’d still stand up for any of them.  This has nothing at all to do with Walmart and I don’t get paid a dime for my comments.

Now it’s your turn.

robertdfeinman, I’ll ask you the same question....

I don’t get those who are anti-walmart.  If you aren’t being paid to do this, then what’s in it for you?

While I have read the originally-referenced CNN.com article, I must admit that I have NOT read any of the comments here, so I don’t know if others have brought up the same notion that has occurred to me or not. (If so, my apologies for being repetitive.)
These are the issues that came to mind:
1.  Shouldn’t her original attorney (we’ll call her/him “Lawyer #1” - who filed the suit related to the auto accident) have known about this clause to/in Wal-Mart’s health care plan?
2.  If so then shouldn’t Lawyer #1 have sought additional damages (completely separate from the damages sought for Ms. Shanks) to cover ALL OF THE REIMBURSEMENTS to Wal-Mart for medical coverage paid by Wal-Mart via her healthcare insurance coverage, and in accordance with this clause? (Like when one litigent seeks the litigent to cover his/her attorney fees.)
3.  I would like to point out than her current attorney (he seemed to be speaking on her behalf with CNN.com) - this one I’ll call “Lawyer #2” - was clearly very much aware of this clause, as he was discussing that very issue with CNN.com.  I point this out because he may or may not have been her original lawyer in the case regarding the auto accident.  Obviously, if he was her original lawyer - Lawyer #1 - then the fact that he was quoted speaking about this clause in a nationally-known news medium proves that he did in fact know about the clause.  Furthermore, if he WAS Lawyer #1 AND KNEW about the clause, then did he not fail to represent her properly and legally by NOT requesting for additional damages/funds to cover the necessary reimbursement?  Couldn’t this alleged failure to properly represent her and address this clause in the original lawsuit then possibly be considered legal malpractice oh his part?
4.  If the attorney who spoke to CNN.com (Lawyer #2) was NOT the attorney for her in the original auto accident case, then would it be appropriate to address the issue of whether or not Lawyer #1 knew about the clause and failed act accordingly (or did he fail to act accordingly by not acting thoroughly enough to find out about the clause)?  Either way, shouldn’t the issue of alleged legal malpractice be addressed?

Finally then, if any allegation of legal malpractice is investigated by an objective third party (Lawyer #3), wouldn’t it then be POSSIBLE for Ms. Shanks to seek financial recourse for the reimbursement monies from whatever lawyer it was who allegedly failed to properly represent Ms. Shanks in her original lawsuit?

Please know that I am neither an attorney nor do I work in the legal field, but these thoughts occurred to me after reading the CNN.com article.  It just seems possible to me that someone may have “legally” dropped the ball during the original automobile crash lawsuit.  This little, tiny, and seemingly invisible (yet quite costly!) clause just doesn’t seem to me to be the kind of thing a good lawyer would just overlook.

...then what’s in it for you?

The fight to slay the Beast of Bentonville is a noble cause of mythic proportions in the tradition of David and Goliath, St. George and his dragon, Pinky and the Brain! (Well, maybe not Pinky.)

I have to agree with Robert. Wal-Mart is par or below on all levels except sheer size. Why would any self-respecting capitalist pick Wal-Mart as their corporate idol?

Very well said Melissa in Farmington Hills, MI.  YOU get it unlike alot of others around this site!!!

As for “this clause”, what would strike me as being crazy is if Lawyer #1 did not know it existing or mis-intrepreted it.  It’s pretty straight forward to me and I personally have been in the same situation of having to repay my insurance company because of subrogation.  I certainly understood it and I’m not a lawyer.  If Lawyer #1 did not know it existed then he/she is worthless as an attorney.  If Lawyer #1 mis-interpreted the clause and didn’t bother to ask for clarification then again he/she is worthless as an attorney.

I smell a lawsuit her..... against Lawyer #1 or malpractice.

"The fight to slay the Beast of Bentonville is a noble cause of mythic proportions in the tradition of David and Goliath, St. George and his dragon, Pinky and the Brain! (Well, maybe not Pinky.) “

That’s pretty funny Ken!  I like the inclusion of Pinky and the Brain.

I handled cases like this for over twenty years when settling workers’compensation claims. The same applies here in this case. Subrogation is a legal tool used by companies in an attempt to recoup their group medical costs. The attorney for the Shanks should be sued for not doing his proper duty in the settlement process.
We always kept a running total of all disability and medical payments paid to our employees. Then we sent plaintiff attorneys a written outline of our subrogation lein. Thus requesting that the attorney honor our claim if and when a settlement occurred.
If Wal-Mart’s lein was $470,000.00, the Shanks attorney was duty bond to ask for well above that from the trucking company. I would have demanded at least $1.5 million in this case because Mrs. Shank could live another 20 years in her current medical state.
I say shame on that plaintiff attorney whoever he/she was and some kind of litigation should be filed by the Shanks. I am sorry to say that even the U.S. Supreme Court will not reserve the judgement granted Wal-Mart.
Sorry Mr. and Mrs. Shanks- I truley am for you and your family.  Marti from Akron, Ohio

Melissa & Marti,

Thanks for bringing forth some more sense of REASON to this subject!!  I realize, that it is easier to say, “Since Wal-Mart has a lot of money, why don’t they just forget it”, but, in order to maintain order, laws have been made to make sure that ALL parties are fairly represented!!  I as well, feel bad about the Shanks situation, but, it will not get any better by letting the liable entities ‘off the hook’ and punishing the party that is just trying to recover funds it is entitled to!!

robertdfeinman,

“I don’t get those who defend Walmart. If you aren’t being paid to do this, then what’s it to you?”

Like mary, I am not defending Wal-Mart per se, but rather the attack on capitalism!!  And, I am not being PAID to post here!!  But, who is PAYING you to post here, and if they are NOT, “Then what’s it to you”?

Also, how many so-called Pro Wal-Mart people here operate a Web Site that is PRO Wal-Mart?  And, don’t YOU have a WEB Site that discusses your view of Wal-Mart’s ‘percieved’ problems?  What is YOUR ‘skin’ in this game?  My ‘skin’ is, that I shop at Wal-Mart, do YOU?

"And, also, 1.5+ million people WORK there and I guess they don’t realize it either, because they continue to work there and those that quit, are replaced immediately by people just waiting to get a job there!!"~Bob(RDS)

Do you suppose Bob that 1.5+ million people WORK [at Walmart] to try and pay bills, pay the rent, put some food on the table, etc? Because people work there it doesn’t mean they are giving it a vote of excellence.

So are these people waiting to get a job there? More like waiting for any job from many different directions. You make a poor spin doctor.

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...the attack on capitalism!!

Rds’s linear thinking doesn’t allow him to understand that you can be anti Wal-Mart and pro capitalism. I will say, however, if Wal-Mart is the best example of capitalism available I may have to rethink my support for such an economic system.

...1.5+ million people WORK there...

About half stay less than a year.

“No one has explained to my satisfaction the difference between a conspiracy and a long-range business plan.” ~ Teresa Hommel

Ken:  “About half stay less than a year. “

Really?  Walmart’s turnover is around 50%?  I haven’t seen numbers recently, but the last ones I saw were no where near that.

What a disgrace !!! This is absolutely unbeliveable. we should all boycott Walmart. these suckers would evan take your blood for money. SHAME on you Walmart!!
damn

Sam: The disgrace is the people who continue to shop at Sam’s and WalMart stores. If you’re not a part of the solution,then you’re part of the problem,America.The only lqanguage that computes in corporations is the language of numbers. A show of numbers that results in a LACK of sales and a LACK of consumers is a readily understood language to the WalMart powers that be...-from Main Street to WallStreet-what computes numerically is the only thing that registers...on the cash $$$ registers. So,if you want to make a statement---register your statement on the bottom line and don’t voluntarily enrich those who unjustly enrich themselves at the expense of others!

Well thats it for me… I will pay a few bucks more for hardware, clothes, electronics at local vendors from this point on if necessary. What a damn shame. As the Walmart execs turn out the lights and turn in for the night in their extravagant homes.. I hope they never have the human privilege of one minute of peaceful sleep from this moment on. What a prime example of what corporate greed has done to the basic premise of what being a human being is supposed to be about. Shame.. Shame.. Shame on you assholes

I can’t believe what I am reading here, people wanting to hang walmart and let the ‘real’ people who harmed Mrs. Shanks ‘off the hook’.  It is Mrs. Shanks lawyers and the trucking company and their insurance company who need to cough up the money to pay back walmarts insurance company.  Walmarts insurance company paid the bills promptly and now they are being chastised, because Mrs. Shanks lawyers failed to sue for the correct amount of money.  Just why should walmart have to pay for Mrs. Shanks lawyers incompetence?  A court has already agreed that walmart is not the problem, so, I think she should get another lawyer and re-sue the trucking company and their insurance company and then sue her previous lawyers for mal-practice and get the money from those who ‘actually’ owe it, in fact, they probably could get even more money that way for the actual injuries she has, that her previous lawyers ‘should’ have gotten for her, a lot more than $417,000.00 net.  They probably could get an extra million or two, if they would just sue the right parties, instead of just trying to blame walmart for their problems.

Shame on those of you, who want to let the ‘real’ culprits ‘off the hook’ and blame the party that followed the rules and did what it was supposed to do.

Your conduct in this law suit are beneth contempt.  I have no measure for your greed. May your business go to rack and ruin.
Do you think that this terrible publicity is worth what you are
paying ?  Get rid of your lawers and act like a members of the
human race.

I haven’t seen numbers recently, but the last ones I saw were no where near that.

I’d be interested in the “last ones” you saw, Dave. As you know, Wal-Mart’s turn-over rate was so high they stopped releasing the figures a couple of years ago.

In the early 00’s, before Bush economic policies had a chance to take effect and the job market was good, Wal-Mart racked up a 70% annual turn-over. The last number put out by Wal-Mart was 45%, not all that far from half.

Perhaps this is why Hillary Clinton doesn’t list her six years on the Board of Directors at Wal-Mart on her resume.

This is just another example of Corporate America flexing it’s muscle against the middle class, who’s pain, suffering and hard work goes undaunted, while we make purchases from a company that only benefits the economy of China, not ours.

Proud to be an American but a lot of changes have to be made and not the changes mentioned in campaign speeches of the presidential candidates but by the voters, who have to VOTE OUT ALL CONGRESSIONAL INCUMBENTS, REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION AND START FRESH WITH NEW FACES THAT WILL LISTEN, EXPECIALLY AFTER THE RESOUNDING VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS HEARD IN THE MONUMENTAL VOTE IN NOVEMBER.

May God Bless this poor woman and her family after her tragedy and the tragedy of losing a son in Iraq defending a country headed by an array of Fools and Opportunists that serve Corporate America and turn their backs on the masses,which are the backbone of this country, not corporate America.

Proudly signed by,

Mr. & Mrs. George Mandell
135 Jones Street
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(203) 934-4232

I can’t believe what I am reading here, people wanting to hang walmart and let the ‘real’ people who harmed Mrs. Shanks ‘off the hook’.

Could be ‘cause most of the “anti-regulars” around here have this “affinity” for lawyers.

Anyone recall the keyboard-lashings Nick got when he spoke negatively of lawyers?

bbrd,

Yeah, the talk here reminds me of the old “Lynch Mobs’ of the past, the “We don’t care about the facts, or who really did it, we just want to string someone up and Wal-Mart is handy”, emotional mindset!!

"Anyone recall the keyboard-lashings Nick got when he spoke negatively of lawyers?”

bbrd in

We recall Nicks hate posts. Maybe that is why we don’t see Nicks name here.

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* * * * * *MEMO * * * *

TO: Public Relations/Legal Depts.
FROM: H. Lee Scott, Jr.
SUBJECT: Headlines

In the future please advise IN ADVANCE of situations which allow anyone to write a headline like Wal-Mart Sues Brain Damaged Woman.

‘Kay?

Wal-mart is greedy this is nothing new. If this is what will get you to write wal-mart off, better late than never. I suggest all you Wal-mart supporters watch a documentary called ‘the high cost of low prices ‘.  It features interviews with current/former employees from the top down. You even find out why those toys cost $9.99 and it has nothing to do with buying in bulk. Try chinese slavery, child labor violations, and being coached on how to pass inspections.

This is a sad story, but wal-mart is a greedy company. Dont act so saddened by it either that $9.99 you spent on your childs toy helped the sue the shanks. Is your soul worth the change you saved?

Michael,

“I suggest all you Wal-mart supporters watch a documentary called ‘the high cost of low prices‘.”

First, this is NOT a DOCUMENTARY in the true sense, it is a biased ‘slam’ Wal-Mart movie!!  If you want to see a ‘real’ documentary, one that has won AWARDS for journalism, watch “The Age of Wal-Mart” on CNBC, they show it on days the stock market is closed, usually on holidays!!

BTW: Where did you see that so-called documentary, in a church basement or at a friend’s house?

Speaking of ‘the high cost of low prices’, whatever happened to Screwedby, the movie’s Field Producer?  And, for that matter, SDV!!  I thought you guys NEVER gave up?  They seem to have gone the way of Ironhead Dave!!

I’m ashamed to say that I actually own “The HIgh Cost of Low Prices.” It killed me to give that money to the unions and the other antiWalmart groups that funded the movie, but I was curious so I went ahead and bought it.  It made me laugh pretty hard how inaccurate it was.  The whole hardware store story was touching except that I had already read that he was closing before Walmart even moved there, and if I remember right they showed some interviews with him when he was trying to fight Walmart coming in, and there was already nothing in the store and signs that he was going out of business.  I guess people stopped buying from him because they knew a Walmart was coming in a few months and they could save if the waited?  It’s right up there with Michael Moore movies, but some people will fall for anything they hear from any sort of medium.

...whatever happened to Screwedby, the movie’s Field Producer?

I wouldn’t sweat it, RDS—as it prolly warmed-up a little in Wisco’...I’m sure he’s roaming a neighborhood WM parking lot.

And, for that matter, SDV!!

He’s in CA—times got tough with gas flirting with the $4 per gallon mark...as for the “tough”...they go to WM!

You may not like the fact that certain documentary directors give biased narration, but the facts are still there. Wal-Mart sucks small towns dry and moves on to its next victim.

I have no problem with walmarts in big cities. It gives the druggies a place to steal from. Thats the only contribution to the community wal-mart has ever made.

You may not like the fact that certain documentary directors give biased narration, but the facts are still there. Wal-Mart sucks small towns dry and moves on to its next victim.

I have no problem with walmarts in big cities. It gives the druggies a place to steal from. Thats the only contribution to the community wal-mart has ever made.

Boy I sure wish all you Walmart Bashers would get your boycott organized!!! I’m tired of standing behind you at the checkout while you fumble with your coupons and try to checkout the item that some other idiot ripped the tag off just in case it’s free if there is no price on it. GET A LIFE The products at Wally World are just like everywhere else It’s all made with Asian “slave labor” It makes me sick to see a family’s suffering turned into a platform for people with an agenda. The largest bashers are the unions not because Walmart hires so many people with disabilities that the rest of the corporate world ignored, but because they can’t get their hand into their pockets for DUES!!!. Just think, 1.5 million people PAYING DUES!!!! Sort of warms the COFFERS of your heart doesn’t it.  And YES, I belonged to a union for 35 years and paid dues also.  No I don’t work for WALMART but I shop there. And I remember shopping at the only stores locally, the Small businessmen. And I am still trying to forget many of the experiences I had. They would have disappeared long before Walmart if they had any competition. Good riddance!  Walmart ain’t perfect but it ain’t all bad.

Walmart ain’t perfect but it ain’t all bad.

Amen.

Keeper.

michael,

“You may not like the fact that certain documentary directors give biased narration, but the facts are still there.”

First, if it is BIASED, it’s NOT a documentary, it’s a JOKE!!  Second, if it’s BIASED, the facts presented are both twisted and ‘one sided’, in real life, there are ‘two sides’ to every story!!  A ‘real’ documentary shows ‘both sides’!!

Rusty,

Thanks for telling it like it is!!  Funny, how I don’t see any protesting outside of Wal-mart stores and still see big crowds in the stores!!  Like you said, if these idiots stop shopping at Wal-Mart, maybe our shopping will be a lot easier!!

“And I remember shopping at the only stores locally, the Small businessmen.”

Yeah, I remember that too, little selection, high prices and a ‘take it or leave it’ attitude, because most of the time, they were the only game in town and even if they weren’t the prices, selection and service was the same all over!!

"Boy I sure wish all you Walmart Bashers would get your boycott organized!!! I’m tired of standing behind you at the checkout while you fumble with your coupons and try to checkout the item that some other idiot ripped the tag off just in case it’s free if there is no price on it”

That’s a great comment because you wouldn’t believe how many times I have heard people say they are never going to shop at Walmart again for some stupid reason such as they didn’t have what they wanted or they wouldn’t take their bad check, and the next day they are right back in the store shopping again.

Dave; Don’t bet on it this time,Dave..this time it ain’t a “stupid reason”.

Yea I can see it now ddrb.... THIS TIME everyone is going to stop shopping at Walmart and their sales and profits will drop like a rock.  Does that also go for the new SuperWalmart that just opened up down the street from me 3 weeks ago?  I dropped by there today and there was not a spot to be had in the parking lot.  Yep, this boycott’s going to do it.  Walmart sill be shutting their doors very soon.

I was really piseed when I first heard about this.  I know that Wal-Mart is screwed up and Sam Walton is spinning in his grave but the whole story should be told here.  I recentlly read that the reason they are suing is because she received a huge settlement.  This is common for any company that pays an insurance claim.  So, all I’m saying is make sure you have all the facts before you ger all worked up

Randy White,

Thanks for your post!!  It’s nice to see that some people can get angry and then stop and use their ‘brains’ to assess a situation and see it for what it really is!!  It was the trucking company that was responsible for the accident, not Wal-Mart, and it was the Shanks lawyers who settled for an amount that was LESS than should have been obtained, not Wal-Mart’s, so why are people blaming and wanting to punish Wal-Mart for the mistakes of others?

I think walmart should be boycotted I Will never shop there again.I had watched an HBO special a while back about walmart there health care plan and how the managers were to change time cards so employees would not get overtime.there is a Class Action Suite in colorado against the retal giant.
To the Debbie Shank Family i hope that a judge will rule in your favor and you get the 90 million that walmart made in there last quarter.
If i can be of any help you can leave a message on my myspace or email me @ heavenly02@yahoo.com

I think walmart should be boycotted...

And, I think your MySpace page should be boycotted—fair enough??

Family has suffered enough, leave them a lone. we should all teach the greedy company a lesson and stop buying from them. the company has has no family values Just Greed

Frank: Wal Mart should have the motto:"Our Creed is Greed” printed on their plastic bags instead of “Save More. Live Better”.

I would like to say that I almost got sick just watching this video. I sadly have to say that I work for walmart and the stuff that I see our store do on a daily basis makes me sick. The only reason I work there is cuz there’s hardly any jobs open in my area.
I think that it messed up that they are acting like their going to lose sleep over 470,000 dollars?! Screw that, I mean we made more than that in just our inventory alnoe....try 1.8 mil, and were a small town, but in all reality Walmart is a robot. We are getting our bonus checks cut in half and 10% alone is just based off the customer service surveys that are being taken. On top of that they are taking away our 90 day evaluation raise. We get taken into the office told you were either good or bad and then you get sent on your merry freaking way and you get NO raise!!!!
Also, I am an ics(inventory worker/scanning bins) and yet our store is SSSSSOOOO cheap that AFTER I signed all the hiring papers they told me that I am also an unloader, so I am working 2 different job titles and NOT getting paid for it.  Like tonight I have been having back problems caused by unloading truck and I told them I couldn’t help with the truck and they said that theres no way they could get me out of it and that they weren’t going to let me out of it.
Walmart is a group of young, greedy little shits and they think that they are doing so well in their position and I hope that one day it will come back and slap the hell out of them. There is NO REASON IN THE WORLD THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE THAT FAMILY PAY FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Tha is so inhumane and cruel.
.............the funny part is that since walmart is trying to get their money back, the family couldn’t put their son through school, so he went through the army and look where he is now!!! ALL because walmart wanted their money thats pocket change. SELFISH HEARTLESS BASTARDS! I hope this happens to one of them someday

It’s not enough that wally world has higher prices in lower class neighborhoods, and that there employees act like you’re bothering them when you ask a question. They sink new levels by knocking a family when they are already down (understatement). It’s not realistic that every customer they have will stop shopping there, but we can tell everyone we know to shop around and let each other know where you can find some items for the same price but somewhere else that way your pockets won’t be affected. This woman is severely disabled, to take the money that was won in the lawsuit would’nt be unfair to other emoplyee because something to this extent doesn’t happen everyday, it’s not like having the flu or needing a perscription to get better, I doubt employees will be running out to get hit by a semi just to be able to keep lawsuit money from a brain damage injury. They did there job by paying her medical bill, which I am sure they garnished her pay check for every payday (with a little thing called insurance). How convient is it to have a clause to strip you of any compensation you recieve on dibilitating injury, I’m confused, in what way were they personally hurt, and which one of there family members is a nursing home. It’s sad that a company this big in so many states would do this to a woman in this condition, who also has to be reminded that her son is dead. Well at least they roll back prices.