I was one of countless bloggers to comment on Wal-Mart going beyond even its anti-worker stereotype in suing Deborah Shank for medical disability lawsuit money from three years ago. (Read the blog post for story details.)
Well, even Wally-World can be made to feel public heat. Big Bad Blue has announced it is dropping its suit to collect money the Shanks won in a personal-injury lawsuit against a trucking company.
But, just because Wal-Mart dropped this one claim doesn’t mean the practice, known as “subrogation,” is going away. Raw Story, which also has Anderson Cooper and Keith Olbermann video at the link, notes that a 2006 Supreme Court decision made the process easier. (The Shanks case made its way to the Supreme Court, which turned away the Shanks’ appeal without a hearing.)
No, next time, Wal-Mart won’t wait three years to sue to get the money. As I noted in my original post, that was probably the most egregious of its actions, legal or not.
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