Noah
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Gee. Just how many states' attorneys general have to be up in arms before you'll acknowledge that "anything underhanded" has gone on?
(I would think "one" would be more than adequate).
A $78M verdict against in PA. A $172M verdict against in CA. And hundreds of other verdicts against Walmart and none of this indicates that "anything underhanded" happened in your book because no state attorney general was up in arms? How about sixteen suits against filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission? These again indicate nothing because they weren't filed by a state attorney general?
What strange moral universe is it where no malfeasance is worthy of note until a state attorney general is getting himself press over it?
You brag about your company's reputation and practices and then report that you view all this evidence of wrongdoing (and reams and reams of additional evidence as well) as negligible. I wonder what standards you judge your own actions by if Walmart is your idea of a perfectly adequate example of corporate citizenship.
They're taking it out of your ass, too. They are having you subsidize their employees with your tax dollars while they aggressively shove manufacturing jobs offshore so that your customers have less income, less to spend at your business. And all you can think of to do is defend them? If you want to understand the psychology of all the people who apply for work at Walmart before they come to your place, just take a good look at yourself.
Here's a tiny sample of judgements against your role models. Just a smattering of illustrations of the not underhanded ways they bring you low prices every day.
These aren't slip-and-falls. These are business-practice matters and there are as many more of them out there as you'd care to take the time to find. Congratulations on running your business as ethically as they do theirs.
Julie Deffenbaugh-Williams v. Wal-Mart, 156 F.3d 581 (5th Cir. 1998). Mark C. Brodeur, Dallas, TX for plaintiff. Jimmy Preston Wrotenbery and Kevin D. Jewell, Houston, TX for Wal-Mart.
E.E.O.C. v. Wal-Mart, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, Case No. 94-CV-1076. Richard R. Trujillo, Mary Jo O’Neill and Trisha Kirtley, Phoenix, AZ for plaintiff. Bonnie Stapleton, Albuquerque, NM for Wal-Mart.
Keith W. Cline v. Wal-Mart, 144 F.3d 294 (4th Cir. 1998). Timothy Earl Cupp, Harrisonburg, VA for plaintiff. Todd James Horn and Maurice Baskin, Baltimore, MD for Wal-Mart.
Keith W. Cline v. Wal-Mart, 144 F.3d 294 (4th Cir. 1998). Timothy Earl Cupp, Harrisonburg, VA for plaintiff. Todd James Horn and Maurice Baskin, Baltimore, MD for Wal-Mart.
Talitha Tincher v. Wal-Mart, 118 F.3d 1125 (7th Cir. 1997); 945 F.Supp. 1209 (S.D.Ind. 1996). Michael C. Kendall and Stephanie J. Haun, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiff. Gus Sacopulos and Gregory S. Carter, Terre Haute, IN for Wal-Mart.
Peggy Kimzey v. Wal-Mart, 107 F.3d 568 (8th Cir. 1997). Carla G. Holste, Ronald R. McMillin of Jefferson City, MO, and Timothy E. Gammon of Springfield, MO for plaintiff. David A. Ranheim, Michael J. Wahoske, George A. Koeck and Robert J. Borhart, of Minneapolis, MN for Wal-Mart.
Connie Holmes v. Wal-Mart, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Case No. 95-CV-137. Neil Cronin, Coral Gables, FL for plaintiff. Charles Powell and Frank Brown, Tampa, FL for Wal-Mart.
Cathy Jean Coates v. Wal-Mart, 1st Judicial District (NM) District Court, Case No. SF 95-2409. Stephen E. Tinkler and Merit Bennett, Sante Fe, NM for plaintiffs. Mark James and Steve Scholl, Albuquerque, NM for Wal-Mart.
Cruz v. Wal-Mart, Maverick County (TX) District Court, Case No. 91-10-10814. Craig L. White, San Antonio, TX for plaintiff. Robert E. Bettac and Dewey Poteet, San Antonio, TX for Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart v. Bettie Jo Holland, 956 S.W.2d 590 (Tex.App.--Tyler 1997). George E. Chandler, Lufkin, TX for plaintiff. J. Preston Wrotenbery, Houston, TX for Wal-Mart.
Rollins v. Wal-Mart, Brevard County (FL) Circuit Court, Case #86-4141-CA-T. Susan K.W. Erlenbach, Titusville, FL for plaintiffs. J. Lester Kaney, Daytona Beach, FL for Wal-Mart.
Stringer v. Wal-Mart, Wayne Co.(KY) Circuit Court, Case No. 95C10228. Larry Rogers and Thomas Carroll, Monticello, KY for plaintiffs. Donna Perry, Louisville, KY for Wal-Mart.
James Desilets v. Wal-Mart, 171 F.3d 711(1st Cir. 1999). Charles L. Powell, Woodstock, VT for the plaintiffs. E. Tupper Kinder, Manchester, VT for Wal-Mart.
Mona Meche v. Wal-Mart, 692 So.2d 544 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1997). Elizabeth Ann Dugal, Christopher Leonard Zaunbrecher, Alfred Frem Boustany II, Howard Wallace Martin, James L. Brazos Jr., B. Christopher Beyer, Lafayette, LA;, Porter David Guarisco III, Baton Rouge, LA; Jo Ann Nixon, New Ileria, LA; Kim Reginald Hayes, Crowley, LA; Joslyn Relee Alex, Breaux Ridge, LA; Ted L. Ayo, Abbeville, LA; and Lawrence E. “Tony” Morrow for plaintiffs. John Goulding Swift, Lafayette, LA for Wal-Mart.
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