Wal-Mart cares
Apparently, all it took was a massive public outcry to convince Wal-Mart not to bleed dry the family of Debbie Shank, the mother of three who was recently paralyzed and severely brain-damaged when a truck slammed into her minivan.
As a Wal-Mart employee, Shank subscribed to company healthcare insurance, which initially picked up the tab for her care. But her relatives decided to sue a trucking company responsible for the accident, winning $700,000 in damages. After expenses, the Shank family received $417,000 — and Wal-Mart filed a lawsuit declaring it was entitled to the money as reimbursement for its healthcare fund.
Why wasn’t this case discussed in my business ethics class last week?
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