Seriously… I need to add a WTF section to TheTechStop — So this wife and mother of three sons has permanent brain damage and is wheelchair-bound after being involved in a collision with a Semi-Trailer — The trucking company settled for $700k — the Lawyers took $300k — and now WALLMART wants the remaining $400k because it spent money on her care? Isn’t that what employee health insurance is SUPPOSED to do?

Wallmart says that they’re simply enforcing a clause in the employee contract that insurance critters call “subrogation” — We have another name for it “Douchbaggery.” — Way to go Wallmart . It seems as if Low Prices really are just the beginning, shortly followed by betrayal, legal slime and profit before humanity…

From the article:” A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank’s care.

Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank’s former employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.”

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