Full article: Brain-damaged woman at center of Wal-Mart suit - CNN.com
This Wal-Mart employee was hit by a trucker and suffered major medical complications. She re-couped over $1 million in damages, actually got to keep about $400k after attorney fees, but now has to pay back her employer almost $500k because of the fine print in her company-issued medical insurance. That’s right, Wal-mart has a stipulation in their medical insurance policy that allows them to recoup ANY medical fees they pay if you win a settlement…Legal? Perhaps…Ethical? You gotta be kidding me…
Oh, did i mention her son was killed in Iraq the week after she lost her appeal? Some people have terrible luck…
Tags: business ethics, insurance, medical, wal-mart
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April 2nd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I’ve been reading about this… it is so messed up… Maybe if they weren’t trying to take back everything she had left it wouldn’t be so sick, but some on!!!
BTW… I thought I saw last night on CNN that Walmart had a change of heart and decided to let them keep the money. Is that right?
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
UPDATE:
Today, they have caved to public pressure and waved the policy on this particular instance.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/law/04/02/walmart.decision/?iref=hpmostpop