Do you know how many times each day that Wal-Mart is sued? They almost certainly have a large law firm on contingency that does nothing but defend them in court. Just the slip-and-falls probably require a whole battalion of lawyers.
If the truck driver was indeed operating under those conditions and was a Walmart employee, Wal-Mart would be responsible for not ensuring that their drivers are working proper hours.
We always had to have a paper towel in our pocket for spills.
They are getting sued by an actor/comedian who has $$ and has been pretty successful on two long running TV shows. Morgan has the $$ to get the lawyers to go after Wal Mart full force. And, with the loss of potential income by Morgan...Wal Mart is looking at least a large six figure loss
And Wal Mart is no hero. They have been the largest wealth redistributor to Communist China through loss of manufacturing jobs (mostly non union mfg. jobs in the South)...and recently started to whine over government welfare and benefit cuts...Wal Mart relies on Welfare programs for business
Although recently Wal Mart is attempting to encourage creation of American jobs...Wal Mart is still the #1 enabler of Socialism
“Do you know how many times each day that Wal-Mart is sued?”
For my MBA I wrote several papers on Wal-Mart, which publishes all its data. At the time, 2005, they were being sued 500 times a day. They had the largest on-staff and on-retainer legal assistance of any company in the world.
However, assuming the people running the show ever hear about this case, they may settle out of court. The company is ethically run. The question will be are they culpable or are they simply the largest pocket? They contract out almost all work, so was this guy really an “employee” of Wal-Mart? (For simplicity I often called myself an employee where I worked even though I was a contractor.)
They probably have their own legal department. Many companies smaller than them have legal departments.