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Fifteen hundred bucks per person, on average. Thank you!
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OAKLAND, California (AP) -- A California jury on Thursday … ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to pay $57 million in general damages and $115 million in punitive damages to about 116,000 current and former California employees for violating a 2001 state law that requires employers to give 30-minute, unpaid lunch breaks to employees who work at least six hours.
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Wal-Mart attorney Neal Manne said the jury's verdict, reached after nearly three days of deliberations and four months of testimony, would likely be appealed.
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He claimed the state law in question could only be enforced by California regulators, not by workers in a courtroom. He added that Wal-Mart did not believe the lunch law allowed for punitive damages.
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"We absolutely disagree with their findings," Manne said of the jury's verdict. He conceded that Wal-Mart made mistakes in not always allowing for lunch breaks when the 2001 law took affect, but said the company is "100 percent" in compliance now.
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...of course they'll appeal....what choice have they, as there are somewhere between 30-40 other class action suits pending against them at the moment.
But.....have no fear, we all know that these frivilous lawsuits are happening because of those leftist 'liberal' lawyers that have nothing better to do.
All Hail Wal Mart.....Bringer of deeper discounts for you & me!