Walmart sues brain-damaged mother of US soldier killed in Iraq for $470,000

[Peter Williams]

All I can say is wow...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/wal...tle/index.html

[Mindibun]

Add that to my list of reasons I hate walmart. I feel so bad for that poor family. I can't even put into words how unjust that is.

[Elvyra's Keeper]

that is so incredibly sad. But I work for wal-mart, a store that makes me most sales in the nation, and it's all true. They don't care who they hurt to save a little money. My aunt has worked there for over 40 years, and a couple years ago she got uterine cancer and had to have a lot of chemo. She missed a lot of work, and even with her healthcare plan from wal-mart, they paid for barely anything. when she came back, they changed her job to where she made less money than before and put a cap on her pay so she can't get anymore raises.

Wal-mart doesn't care about anything.

[Freakie_frog]

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

[Texas Dan]

I don't understand why walmart wants the money back? They paid for the medical bills, so they want they money they paid for it back? That's not really fair at all, that's the whole point you pay for insurance, so you don't have to pay it back.

[cassandra]

Fairness has nothing to do with this. I don't like Walmart either for many things they do, but these folks signed up for a health plan that had this stipulation. The fact that they ignored a part of that plan when they sued for damages doesn't mean they shouldn't be held accountable for what they signed up for. Walmart isn't being mean; they are protecting their rights and against creating a precedent.

Personally, pay Walmart back what is owed them. And then Walmart should make a gift to that woman that same amount. Legally, everyone has followed the rules...and instead of Walmart looking like an ebil tyrant, they get be a good guy.

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I hate to sound like I'm "sticking up" for Walmart, but I'm tired of hearing people whine about how things "aren't fair", especially in relation to variable sub-prime mortgages. "Wanh, it's not fair my mortgage has gone up a zillion dollars month, they can't ask for all my money."

Um, yes they can. You were responsible for understanding what you were signing when you bought that mortgage. You're not being fair saying you shouldn't have pay what you said you'd pay.

[joepythons]

Gee what a bunch of losers .Good going Walmart

[LadyOhh]

That is horrible. Is there a fund available to donate to her cause? I couldn't find anything.....

[joepythons]

That is horrible. Is there a fund available to donate to her cause? I couldn't find anything.....

Probably not because Walmart would take it

[wicked5446]

What do you expect from a company that under pays employees so that they can get welfare to get by or to cover medical expenses. you get what you pay for and those low prices come right back to hit you when you pay your taxes.