Wal-Mart to get new trial in $15 million slip-and-fall case 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 16, 2011
Tags: slip and fall, Wal-Mart
Two small firm lawyers who won a $15 million jury verdict in a slip-and-fall case against Wal-Mart in November will now have to retry the case.
Wal-Mart can’t keep slip-and-fall case in federal court
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 24, 2010
Tags: jurisdiction, slip and fall, Wal-Mart
A personal injury defendant is not entitled to “jurisdictional discovery” in order to keep a case in federal court following removal, a U.S. District Court in Kentucky has ruled in remanding to state court.
Appeals court affirms Wal-Mart settlement
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 12, 2010
Tags: California, unpaid wages, Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s settlement of as much as $85 million with hourly workers who sued over allegations of unpaid wages was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
Title VII plaintiff liable for taxes from bankruptcy
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: bankruptcy estate, Discrimination, fraudulent conveyance, tax liability, taxation, Title VII, Wal-Mart
A race discrimination plaintiff was liable for taxes due on a $550,000 jury award that had become property of her bankruptcy estate, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled in affirming a $180,000 deficiency assessment.
Wal-Mart sets aside up to $4M to settle Oregon class action
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: May 28, 2010
Tags: Oregon, wage and hour laws, Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. agreed to a settlement this week that will provide as much as $4 million to 28,000 of its former employees in Oregon.
Wal-Mart sex bias suit can proceed as class action
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 27, 2010
Tags: class action, sex discrimination, Title VII, Wal-Mart
Claims that Wal-Mart discriminated against thousands of female employees may be tried as a class action, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a certification order.
Woman awarded $9 million in Wal-Mart lawsuit
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: April 19, 2010
Tags: Wal-Mart, wrongful arrest
A jury has awarded $9 million to a 24-year-old Houston woman wrongly arrested at a Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart to pay $12M in discrimination suit
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: sex discrimination, Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores will pay nearly $12 million and change its hiring practices to settle a sex-discrimination suit over hiring at a Kentucky warehouse.
Wal-Mart to pay $40M to workers
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: December 3, 2009
Tags: class action, wage and hour claims, Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million to 87,500 Massachusetts employees who claimed the retailer denied them rest and meal breaks, manipulated time cards and refused to pay overtime.
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