i'm officially done with walmart

sponger

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

Now this lady has to suffer because someone who was supposed to be looking out for her best interests fucked up.

Yes, that is exactly right. Her lawyer fucked up big time by not factoring the insurance liability into the settlement. She should be suing her lawyer. He's the real crook in this story. He took almost 60% of the settlement. Greedy fucking lawyer.

Vedderlution_Baby

sponger wrote:

Yes, that is exactly right. Her lawyer fucked up big time by not factoring the insurance liability into the settlement. She should be suing her lawyer. He's the real crook in this story. He took almost 60% of the settlement. Greedy fucking lawyer.

The problem is she can't. She's helpless.

sponger

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

The problem is she can't. She's helpless.

She has legal guardians.

NOCODE#1

Biggest Wave wrote:

That will never happen in either of our lifetimes. And if it does it will be a total disaster. Just like everything else this country does.

national healthcare will happen

know1

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

SHE didn't double dip. SHE cannot make her own decisions regarding this issue, therefore it is impossible for her to double dip. Now this lady has to suffer because someone who was supposed to be looking out for her best interests fucked up.


Fucked up ALL the way around.

What a weird way to argue this issue. Yes - she did not pre-meditated the double-dipping, but it IS occurring.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

Keith Olbermann weighs in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjSlEDOyNc8

g under p

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

Keith Olbermann weighs in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjSlEDOyNc8

Nice find and I totally agree this was the worst.

Peace

Vedderlution_Baby

know1 wrote:

What a weird way to argue this issue. Yes - she did not pre-meditated the double-dipping, but it IS occurring.

But it's not of her doing. So she should not have to suffer because of someone else's screw ups.

Commy

Biggest Wave wrote:

I love shopping at Walmart. No one beats their prices on anything. On a typical visit I save 20-30%. More power to 'em! Keep rollin' back those savings!

I got an idea for a walmart comercial.


It could show a carpenter makin a really nice chair, then cut to cheap labor in china making a cheap version of the same chair ten times faster.


then it says...Walmart-fuckin the little guy.

DriftingByTheStorm

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

But it's not of her doing. So she should not have to suffer because of someone else's screw ups.

"She should not have to suffer because of someone eles's screw ups"

Did your mom ever tell you, "sometimes life just isn't fair"?

I'm truly sorry for this lady,
but the above comment is the furthest thing away from anything resembling a legitimate argument. In fact, it is not even an argument. It is just a statement of sad reality perverted into a cry of injustice.

"Innocent" people get fucked over by life all the time and sadly, most of them don't have some giant corporation that they can try to redirect the blame onto in hopes of collecting half a million dollars for their misery. What makes this lady so special?

:cool:

Vedderlution_Baby

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

"She should not have to suffer because of someone eles's screw ups"

Did your mom ever tell you, "sometimes life just isn't fair"?

I'm truly sorry for this lady,
but the above comment is the furthest thing away from anything resembling a legitimate argument. In fact, it is not even an argument. It is just a statement of sad reality perverted into a cry of injustice.

"Innocent" people get fucked over by life all the time and sadly, most of them don't have some giant corporation that they can try to redirect the blame onto in hopes of collecting half a million dollars for their misery. What makes this lady so special?

:cool:

As far as I know, I wasn't trying to present an argument. I don't feel any different for this lady than I do for anyone else getting fucked over in a way that's unstoppable, especially when they're having a really shitty life at the moment.

slightofjeff

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

But it's not of her doing. So she should not have to suffer because of someone else's screw ups.

She basically spent money that didn't belong to her. I feel bad she didn't read the fine print, and frankly, if I'm Wal-Mart I might quietly let this slide to avoid the bad press ... but seriously, she got paid twice. Someone needed to point this out to her.

Vedderlution_Baby

slightofjeff wrote:

She basically spent money that didn't belong to her. I feel bad she didn't read the fine print, and frankly, if I'm Wal-Mart I might quietly let this slide to avoid the bad press ... but seriously, she got paid twice. Someone needed to point this out to her.

How do you point something out to a lady who has such a badly damaged brain that she can't even remember her son is dead. She cannot take care of herself. Maybe I'm missing something but I don't think she'd be able to grasp the finer points of a contract.

flywallyfly

Great news !! Bad publicity nightmare must have changed their minds.

http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/01/848981.aspx

Update: Wal-Mart no longer seeks money from disabled ex-worker
Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:26 PM PT
By Rich Gardella and Lisa Myers, NBC News

On Saturday's Nightly News, NBC News Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reported on Deborah Shank, a former employee of Wal-Mart permanently disabled in a car accident eight years ago. Wal-Mart's health plan had moved to collect some of the settlement money she won in a lawsuit against a trucking firm in order to reimburse itself for the more than $470,000 in medical expenses it had paid for Shank.

Although it had just contacted Shank's attorney to begin the process of actually collecting the money from Shank and her husband, Wal-Mart announced Tuesday it had reversed its decision and said that it no longer will seek any reimbursement from the Shanks.

Wal-Mart had won its case in several courts over the past few years. Recently, the Supreme Court declined to hear Shank's appeal.

Both CNN and NBC News broadcast Shank's story last week, generating a large viewer response.

"We have decided to modify our plan to allow us more discretion for individual cases, and are in the final stages of working out the details," Wal-Mart's statement, released Tuesday, reads. "Wal-Mart will not seek any reimbursement for the money already spent on Ms. Shank's care, and we will work with the family to ensure the remaining amounts in the trust can be used for her ongoing care."

Wal-Mart ended its statement with an apology "for any additional stress this has put on the Shank family."

Jim Shank, Deborah's husbnad, released a statement in response: "I am grateful that Wal-Mart has seen their error and decided to rectify it. I just wish it hadn't taken them so long, this never should have happened. I sincerely hope no other family ever has to go through this.

"My thanks go first and foremost to my lord and savior Jesus Christ for the strength to bear up under all this. Thanks also to the citizens of the United States - it wasn't me who made this happen, it was the outcry of the people, and if there's a lesson in this story it's that 'we the people' still means something."

Vedderlution_Baby

flywallyfly wrote:

Great news !! Bad publicity nightmare must have changed their minds.

http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/01/848981.aspx

Update: Wal-Mart no longer seeks money from disabled ex-worker
Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:26 PM PT
By Rich Gardella and Lisa Myers, NBC News

On Saturday's Nightly News, NBC News Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reported on Deborah Shank, a former employee of Wal-Mart permanently disabled in a car accident eight years ago. Wal-Mart's health plan had moved to collect some of the settlement money she won in a lawsuit against a trucking firm in order to reimburse itself for the more than $470,000 in medical expenses it had paid for Shank.

Although it had just contacted Shank's attorney to begin the process of actually collecting the money from Shank and her husband, Wal-Mart announced Tuesday it had reversed its decision and said that it no longer will seek any reimbursement from the Shanks.

Wal-Mart had won its case in several courts over the past few years. Recently, the Supreme Court declined to hear Shank's appeal.

Both CNN and NBC News broadcast Shank's story last week, generating a large viewer response.

"We have decided to modify our plan to allow us more discretion for individual cases, and are in the final stages of working out the details," Wal-Mart's statement, released Tuesday, reads. "Wal-Mart will not seek any reimbursement for the money already spent on Ms. Shank's care, and we will work with the family to ensure the remaining amounts in the trust can be used for her ongoing care."

Wal-Mart ended its statement with an apology "for any additional stress this has put on the Shank family."

Jim Shank, Deborah's husbnad, released a statement in response: "I am grateful that Wal-Mart has seen their error and decided to rectify it. I just wish it hadn't taken them so long, this never should have happened. I sincerely hope no other family ever has to go through this.

"My thanks go first and foremost to my lord and savior Jesus Christ for the strength to bear up under all this. Thanks also to the citizens of the United States - it wasn't me who made this happen, it was the outcry of the people, and if there's a lesson in this story it's that 'we the people' still means something."

Awesome.

slightofjeff

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

How do you point something out to a lady who has such a badly damaged brain that she can't even remember her son is dead. She cannot take care of herself. Maybe I'm missing something but I don't think she'd be able to grasp the finer points of a contract.

This is going to make me sound insensitive ... so much so that I hesitate to even post it ... but here goes:

Maybe, if she's that badly brain damaged, she doesn't need to be working. The government will give her disability ... which, come to think of it, is probably more than she was making at Wal-Mart.

At the very least, somebody needed to be looking out for her. If not, it's their fault. The fact still remains she got paid twice for the same claim ...

slightofjeff

flywallyfly wrote:

Great news !! Bad publicity nightmare must have changed their minds.

http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/01/848981.aspx

Update: Wal-Mart no longer seeks money from disabled ex-worker
Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:26 PM PT
By Rich Gardella and Lisa Myers, NBC News

On Saturday's Nightly News, NBC News Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers reported on Deborah Shank, a former employee of Wal-Mart permanently disabled in a car accident eight years ago. Wal-Mart's health plan had moved to collect some of the settlement money she won in a lawsuit against a trucking firm in order to reimburse itself for the more than $470,000 in medical expenses it had paid for Shank.

Although it had just contacted Shank's attorney to begin the process of actually collecting the money from Shank and her husband, Wal-Mart announced Tuesday it had reversed its decision and said that it no longer will seek any reimbursement from the Shanks.

Wal-Mart had won its case in several courts over the past few years. Recently, the Supreme Court declined to hear Shank's appeal.

Both CNN and NBC News broadcast Shank's story last week, generating a large viewer response.

"We have decided to modify our plan to allow us more discretion for individual cases, and are in the final stages of working out the details," Wal-Mart's statement, released Tuesday, reads. "Wal-Mart will not seek any reimbursement for the money already spent on Ms. Shank's care, and we will work with the family to ensure the remaining amounts in the trust can be used for her ongoing care."

Wal-Mart ended its statement with an apology "for any additional stress this has put on the Shank family."

Jim Shank, Deborah's husbnad, released a statement in response: "I am grateful that Wal-Mart has seen their error and decided to rectify it. I just wish it hadn't taken them so long, this never should have happened. I sincerely hope no other family ever has to go through this.

"My thanks go first and foremost to my lord and savior Jesus Christ for the strength to bear up under all this. Thanks also to the citizens of the United States - it wasn't me who made this happen, it was the outcry of the people, and if there's a lesson in this story it's that 'we the people' still means something."

That's good to hear.

12345AGNST1

Biggest Wave wrote:

I love shopping at Walmart. No one beats their prices on anything. On a typical visit I save 20-30%. More power to 'em! Keep rollin' back those savings!

i seriously hope that was a joke. I recently went to a walmart in north carolina, that place had a supermarket,whatever a normal walmart has, a nail salon, a food area, and a tanning place all in one. it disgusted me. To think all of these people in this small north carolina town are limited to this absolute garbage store.

anyway that article is fucked up. I could care less about this "read the fine print" bullshit. What kind of company gives health benefits and then says they have the right to sue you to get the money back?

and last time i checked, wal mart is one of, or the biggest company in the usa, $417,000 is probably nothing to them, those greedy pieces of shits.

Vedderlution_Baby

slightofjeff wrote:

This is going to make me sound insensitive ... so much so that I hesitate to even post it ... but here goes:

Maybe, if she's that badly brain damaged, she doesn't need to be working. The government will give her disability ... which, come to think of it, is probably more than she was making at Wal-Mart.

At the very least, somebody needed to be looking out for her. If not, it's their fault. The fact still remains she got paid twice for the same claim ...

She's not working. Nor able to take care of herself, which is why they need every penny they can get. hell, her husband divorced her so she could get more money through technicalities. But whatever. It's over. She's getting what she deserves, instead of the usual.

slightofjeff

I recently went to a walmart in north carolina, that place had a supermarket,whatever a normal walmart has, a nail salon, a food area, and a tanning place all in one. it disgusted me.

I know. The nerve! Making things convenient for people. Can you believe it?