The highest court in Massachusetts has upheld a $2 million jury award to a former pharmacist at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. who claimed she was fired by the retail chain after asking to be paid the same as her male colleagues. Cynthia Haddad was fired in 2004 after more than 10 years at a Walmart store in Pittsfield. In 2007, a jury found that the company discriminated against Haddad, and awarded her $1 million in compensatory damages and another $1 million in punitive damages. A judge later revoked the $1 million award for punitive damages. On Monday, the Supreme Judicial Court reinstated the punitive damages ...
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Debbie Shank,52, is a former Wal-Mart Employee who suffers from a severe brain injury (which resulted to the loss of her short-term memory) after a semi-truck hit her car eight years ago. In addition to this tragedy, her son died in Iraq while serving in a military and that every time someone told her about him, she would cry as if hearing it for the first time. If this heartbreaking story is not enough, Debbie’s former employer is suing her to recoup the medical claims it gave to her after discovering that she was awarded by the court with more than a million. The ...
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BOSTON (AP) — A former pharmacist at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. who claimed she was fired after asking to be paid the same as her male colleagues is entitled to $2 million in damages awarded by a jury, the state’s highest court ruled Monday.
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Wal-Mart Sues Disabled Women to Recoup Medical Benefits reprinted from http://greensboro.injuryboard.com/ When Debbie Shank began working as a stock clerk at Wal-Mart, she joined the company's health and benefits plan and paid her premiums as insurance against injury or illness. In 2000, Shank's car was rammed by a semi, and she suffered a traumatic brain injury that caused her to be permanently disabled. Her insurance kicked in and paid promptly for her medical bills -- for which Shank's family was grateful. This once vibrant wife and mother now lives in a nursing home and suffers from short-term memory loss, violent mood swings and other ...
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Baltimore Sun - ... who claimed she was fired by Wal-Mart after asking to be paid the same as her male colleagues has won a nearly $2 million award against the retail giant. A Berkshire Superior Cour
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Tuesday, June 19 PITTSFIELD — Wal-Mart claims that it fired Cynthia Haddad for cause. Haddad claims she was a victim of discrimination, terminated after she demanded the same bonus and pay that ...
