Disabled woman sued by Walmart over Ins$

julia · 04-01-2008, 11:52 AM

This is truly sickening.

Plus, her 18 yr old son was killed in Iraq which Mrs Shank does not remember because of brain damage and must relive the awful news each day.

This vid has KO's Walmart Worst clip + a cnn report on Mrs Shank and her family.

Mr Shank works too jobs and divorced Mrs Shank so she could get better benefits.

(7:10)

YouTube - Mother of Dead Soldier Sued by Wal-Mart...

Veronica · 04-01-2008, 12:25 PM

I have written a letter to Walmart and will continue to post comments on their comment board until they do the right thing. I hope the MSM continues to bring this to the public's attention.

Chantytown · 04-02-2008, 02:08 PM

Wal-Mart: Brain-damaged former employee can keep money - CNN.com

julia · 04-02-2008, 02:56 PM

Thanks, Chanty.
had not gotten there/here, yet.

julia · 04-02-2008, 04:16 PM

From 4/1 Countdown Transcript:

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OLBERMANN: One of the greatest falsehoods in the English language, the cliche that asserts any publicity is good publicity. Ask Wal-Mart. In our number two story on the COUNTDOWN, the retail giant has tonight reversed course, dropped its lawsuit after weeks of building outrage over its treatment of Debbie Shank, one of its former Missouri employees horribly injured in a 2000 truck accident. She was left with a little over 400,000 dollars in settlement money to pay for a lifetime of 24 hour a day care, about the amount Wal-Mart‘s health plan had paid her after she was hit by a semi.

Wal-Mart sued her for that money, all the way to the Supreme Court, and won. We have mentioned the case of 52 year old Debbie Shank each night since last Thursday. That coverage has itself inspired reporting in newspapers from Miami to Chicago to today “Women‘s Wear Daily” and “US News.” As late as this morning, Wal-Mart had re-issued a statement insisting it had to sue Mrs. Shank, whose son died in Iraq six days after that suit was filed, because the money it paid her had to be returned to the health plan so that it can pay the future claims of other associates and their family members.

But this afternoon, Jim Shank, who had divorced his wife Debbie during the suit because her Medicaid payment would go up slightly if she were single, told us he had received a letter from Wal-Mart saying the company now plans to drop its claim. The company‘s personnel chief, Pat Curren (ph), writing, “occasionally, others help us step back and look at a situation in a different way. This is one of those times.”
Mrs. Shank can keep the money still in her trust fund. It‘s now about 277,000 dollars. It will go to her care. Amen. Now, what is Wal-Mart going to do to compensate this family for the unnecessary grief of the last year and a half of legal torture? Jim Shank, by the way, joins us tomorrow night on COUNTDOWN. A nice surprise for our fifth anniversary week.

bornright · 04-02-2008, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by julia

This is truly sickening.

Plus, her 18 yr old son was killed in Iraq which Mrs Shank does not remember because of brain damage and must relive the awful news each day.

This vid has KO's Walmart Worst clip + a cnn report on Mrs Shank and her family.

Mr Shank works too jobs and divorced Mrs Shank so she could get better benefits.

You may not realize this but it was not Walmart suing. It is the health insurance company that is carrying Walmart employees. The suit is done in the name of Walmart. The Insurance Company hides its name in such a suit. I am pretty sure this is the way it is done. You might want to talk to an attorney to see if this is correct before you stop buying from Walmart.

The media enjoys this type of thing and Walmart is a good target for them even though they may not be the villian in this case. You may find out that the insurance Company involved in this may be the same that you have.

Ouroboros · 04-02-2008, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bornright

You may not realize this but it was not Walmart suing. It is the health insurance company that is carrying Walmart employees. The suit is done in the name of Walmart. The Insurance Company hides its name in such a suit. I am pretty sure this is the way it is done. You might want to talk to an attorney to see if this is correct before you stop buying from Walmart.

The media enjoys this type of thing and Walmart is a good target for them even though they may not be the villian in this case. You may find out that the insurance Company involved in this may be the same that you have.

I have never bought anything nor will I ever buy anything from WalMart due to the fact that, they are the scum of the earth.

bornright · 04-02-2008, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ouroboros

I have never bought anything nor will I ever buy anything from WalMart due to the fact that, they are the scum of the earth.

Did you work for Walmart or something? Where do you get your knowledge of Walmart?

julia · 04-02-2008, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by julia

This is truly sickening.

Plus, her 18 yr old son was killed in Iraq which Mrs Shank does not remember because of brain damage and must relive the awful news each day.

This vid has KO's Walmart Worst clip + a cnn report on Mrs Shank and her family.

Mr Shank works too jobs and divorced Mrs Shank so she could get better benefits.

(7:10)

YouTube - Mother of Dead Soldier Sued by Wal-Mart for Insurance Money.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bornright

You may not realize this but it was not Walmart suing. It is the health insurance company that is carrying Walmart employees. The suit is done in the name of Walmart. The Insurance Company hides its name in such a suit. I am pretty sure this is the way it is done. You might want to talk to an attorney to see if this is correct before you stop buying from Walmart.

The media enjoys this type of thing and Walmart is a good target for them even though they may not be the villian in this case. You may find out that the insurance Company involved in this may be the same that you have.

You are not making any sense, here.
So why did "Wal-mart‘s personnel chief, Pat Curren", write Mr Shank to tell him that Wal-mart was dropping the suit?

Obviously you are not informed on the subject or bothered to watch the clip to have seen that this poor woman's life is truly a misery, i.e. "is prone to screaming fits b/c of her condition." and b/c of short term memory loss does not remember that her son is dead and has to re-live that awful news everyday. That's some respect you have for a gold star Mom, there.

And b/c I am generous of heart, I shall assure you that I belong to a blood-sucking insurance co that operates only in this state. How about you?

neptune · 04-02-2008, 05:20 PM

Walmart may be self-insured.

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