Walmart reneging on their promise to let injured employee keep $$$!

[napi21]

Remember when Wal-Mart told Jim Shank on April 1 that the company would not claim Debbie Shank's money in her trust so it could be used for her medical care? Apparently, Wal-Mart is not keeping its promise to Debbie and her family. They still have not released a single penny to the Shank family.

In fact, Jim Shank called the bank this week and is no longer authorized to request a statement on the account.

After a massive public outcry against Wal-Mart's efforts to sue this brain-damaged former employee for the money in her trust, Wal-Mart finally agreed in writing to let Debbie keep her money to pay for her ongoing medical care. But it's a month later, and Wal-Mart has failed to make good on its word.

Check out MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight at 8:00pm EST for Jim Shank's thoughts on Wal-Mart's failure to keep its promise.

Wal-Mart did what it needed to do to put out a public relations fire, yet it's not keeping its promise to Debbie Shank and her family. We know that the only way Wal-Mart will act is if we keep the pressure on.

Send an e-mail to tell Wal-Mart's executives that the company needs to keep its promise to the Shank family right now:

http://action.walmartwatch.com/promise

When Wal-Mart tried to grab the little bit of money Debbie Shank has for her medical care, thousands of people like you took action. Together, we called on Wal-Mart to relinquish its claim to the remaining $200,000 settlement money in Debbie's trust fund so her family could continue to pay for her medical expenses.

The national and local media harangued Wal-Mart for its heartless treatment of Debbie Shank. Finally, Wal-Mart Executive Vice President Pat Curran contacted Debbie Shank's family and told Jim Shank that Wal-Mart would not claim the money so the Shank family could use it for Debbie's care.

But despite its promise, the company still retains all rights to the money and has not relinquished the principal or the accrued interest to the family.

Debbie, who is permanently brain-damaged, paralyzed and in a nursing home, needs every penny to cover her current and future care. Wal-Mart needs to surrender the money and all accrued interest immediately.

Please contact Wal-Mart executives and let them know Wal-Mart needs to keep its word to Debbie Shank now:

http://action.walmartwatch.com/promise

Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,

David Nassar
Wal-Mart Watch

[Mountainman]

1. I wish I could get my wife to stop shopping at Walmart. Every Sat she and her mother go there for

things like shampoo and clothes and even some food items. I won't go with them and they think I'm nuts. I don't like to spend money where employees are treated poorly. The lower prices trump what ever.

By the way, my wife and I make our own decisions. I don't run her life or do her thinking and she doesn't run mine or think for me. We share our incomes.

[lonestarnot]

2. I guess they like stink, maybe they bring stink home too.

[tbyg52]

5. Try this, if you haven't already

http://www.amazon.com/Wal-Mart-High-Cost-Low-Price/dp/B000BTH4K4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1209601790&sr=1-1

[annabanana]

3. Astonishing. They are STILL screwing this poor woman over.

Kicking this back up to the top of the page...

[napi21]

4. I can oly HOPE Olberman talking aobu tthis will give WM a well

deserved kick in the ass!

[blondeatlast]

6. Recommend. Kick. Kick again. Repeat. I have to drive 8 miles out of my way to avoid

it for Rx and groceries, not to mention other merchandise, but I get a sense of satisfaction as I motor past the ugly behemoth...

[blondeatlast]

7. It was public pressure that forced their hands and we can't stop the pressure now.

How utterly "American" of them, to promise to serve justice and simple human ethics and then have their gazillion dollar lawyers and accountants find every weaselly way out of delivering it.

May WM rot in hell!

[Freedom Train]

8. FUCK WalMart!K&R!

I hope KO comes down hard on them again.