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Wal-Mart has apologized to the Shanks family!

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Faced with a tidal wave of public indignation, Wal-Mart has wisely decided to drop its claim for reimbursement of medical expenses its health care plan paid to former employee Debbie Shanks.  I’ve already laid out the details of the case in prior posts, so I won’t repeat them here.  Suffice it to say that Wal-Mart [...]

How well did the legal system serve the Shanks family?

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

For readers who think I’ve been too hard on Wal-Mart in my last couple of posts, let me say right now that I don’t think the legal system did the Shanks family any favors, either.  My interest in this tragic story led me to the website www.walmartwatch.com, where I found an open letter from Debbie Shanks’ [...]

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