Fired Wal-Mart worker wins $31M in discrimination suit
ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2013
A worker pushed shopping carts in front of a Wal-Mart store in La Habra, Calif.
CONCORD, N.H. » A jury has awarded more than $31 million in damages to a former Wal-Mart pharmacist in New Hampshire who claimed she was wrongly fired after reporting safety concerns about co-workers dispensing prescriptions.
Maureen McPadden was a 13-year employee who reported her concerns to management while working in Wal-Mart’s Seabrook pharmacy. She was fired in 2012 after losing her pharmacy key.
The jury awarded most of the money Thursday based on gender discrimination claims.
Wal-Mart denied that it engaged in any form of wrongful conduct.
A spokesman for the Bentonville, Arkansas-based company said today that the facts do not support the verdict and it plans to appeal. He said McPadden had been disciplined before and the lost key led to her dismissal.
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Wall Street hates when Main Street wins.
Be careful what you say, because your 401K may have been invested in Walmart stocks.
Republicans want to do away with pension for Main Street.
Union or no union, Main Street will fight for our fair share until the very end.
Mike, buddy. Stop by and I’ll make you a cappuccino. I’m pretty good and you’ll feel better.
What you gonna put in that drink? Date rape?
Would you please stop? That’s really inappropriate.
cha-ching!!!!
Congratulation, by the little I read/Yes Walmart pay up……….
Now watch lawyers argue lowering the reward and charging them the sky until nothing is left.
Gender discrimination against a female pharmacist? I doubt it. How can it be gender discrimination when she worked there for 12 years? ridiculous claim.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving company!!!!
Missing from the story is any investigation into the original claim about safety violations.
You are right, the real problem is, unqualifed employees are dispensing prescriptions. Consumer protection should be most important and sex discrimination a manifestation of the illegal act. The sex discrimination may occurred due her whistle-blowing the infraction.
Losing a key to a pharmacy would seem like a reasonable ground for being fired.