Cynthia Haddad

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...Read Full Story

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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...Read Full Story

JACKSON, Missouri (March 29) - Debbie Shank breaks down in tears every time she's told that her 18-year-old son, Jeremy, was killed in Iraq. The 52-year-old mother of three attended her son's funeral, but she continues to ask how he's doing. When her family reminds her that he's dead, she weeps as if hearing the news for the first time.Shank suffered severe brain damage after a traffic accident nearly eight years ago that robbed her of much of her short-term memory and left her in a...Read Full Story

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...Read Full Story

In 2007, fired Wal-Mart marketing executive Julie Roehm was at the center of a controversy that divulged lurid details about internal politics at the retail giant.? Roehm?s lawsuit over her firing and the subsequent counterclaim by Wal-Mart revealed allegations of affairs and compromised ethical standards by many involved including CEO Lee Scott. The lawsuits were dropped last year and the controversy cooled. So what is Roehm up to these days? According to this Fortune article, she has...Read Full Story

This isn't political, but it's still heart wrenching. Wal-Mart is suing a disabled St. Louis woman, Debbie Shank, for half a million dollars to recoup medical expenses the company paid after Shank was involved in a horrific traffic accident. Today Shank is left with no short term memory, or even the ability to recall the accident that put her in the nursing home where she resides today. She also cannot recall the memory of her son was recently killed in Iraq.CNN has the full story here.Read Full Story

Clovis Wins - Wal-Mart – Fight But it’s not what you think. The leaders in Clovis – actually want a Wal-Mart Supercenter and have been fighting for it for about seven years.  And now, it looks like the supporters of the Wal-Mart store and the surrounding development have finally won. A judge has finally (We’ll see) given the project the green light. See it – Link it:  Fresno Bee articleRead Full Story

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.Read Full Story