Larry wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
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RickH wrote:
On Jul 20, 6:49 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
"The feds are complaining about getting dragged into court, having
to file time-consuming paperwork, and generally being treated like
any taxpayer who get crosswise with the IRS. "

"The federal agency claims its precious time is being eaten up by
Wal-Mart's legal maneuvers. Officials at the Department of Labor
say that, over the past five months, 17 percent of the available
attorney hours in its New York office have been devoted to this one
little case..."

http://townhall.com/columnists/PaulG.../wal-mart_stri...

I understand that Wal-Mart will NEVER settle a meritless
"slip-and-fall" case. They may lose money defending such a case but
their theory is that a vigorous defense against a single nuisance
suit deters 100 others.


Staff attorneys at wal-mart are paid a salary so their hours are a
constant expense anyway no matter what the workload is. Also the
staff attorneys work multiple cases simultaneously. But 100 suits
deterred is a genuine savings, that is where the staff attorneys
become an asset rather than an expense.

Don't forget, the lawyers at OSHA are on salary too. Still, it's fun
to see them outsmarted.

Are you for real? Doing back flips because WW is fighting a $7k fine,
for an employee getting killed?

I'll bet you really get your jollies off if you hear of mutiple
fatalities at a work place.

Absolutely digusting.

It wasn't an employee, it was a shopper. The death of anyone is irrelevant
to the ex post facto regulation that OSHA was trying to impose on Wal-Mart.

Had it been a Wal-Mart employee, I'd have sent a sympathy card.