Wal-mart sucks (via Obsidian Wings): A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank’s care. Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank’s former emplo read
Read It And Weepby hilzoy Via Bitch Ph.D., the WSJ: "A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank's care. Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank's former empl read
Read It And Weepby hilzoy Via Bitch Ph.D., the WSJ: "A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank's care. Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank's former empl read
World’s Worst: BillO/James Dobson/Wal-MartDownload | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather) All worthy choices for the GOLD as Keith explains, but Wal-Mart’s behavior to Debora Shank is unconscionable. Deborah Shank’s story would have been sad enough, considering the devastating injuries she suffered in a traffic accident seven years ago. Nevertheless, Wal-Mart found a way to add a brutal coda. Wal-Mart started out as one of the good guys in this story, paying almost $470,000 of her initial medical bills. But three years after Shank read
Community Calendar: 03/27/08Community Calendar: 03/27/08 Mar 27, 2008 | Calendars, Community | 0 Comments Special Events UNC Friends of the Library Book Sale — Thu, Mar 27, 5-8pm: Friends of the Library preview; Fri, Mar 28, 9am-8pm: Public sale; Sat, Mar 29, 9am to noon: $3 per bag. American Legion Building, 1714 Legion Rd, Chapel Hill. Benefit the University Library Endowment. 962-4207 or www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/BookSale.html for more info. Fishy Fourth Friday — March 28, downtown Pittsboro. Art, food and a read
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