Wal-Mart Class Action Lawsuit Over Medical Treatment Receives Class Certification For Wal-Mart Employees.
A class action lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (styled Gianzero, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., et al., No. 09-cv-00656-REB-BNB) alleging that Wal-Mart and others unlawfully dictated and interfered with the medical treatment certain Wal-Mart employees received in conjunction with work-related injuries has been granted class action status, according to a class action lawsuit news report.
The Wal-Mart class action lawsuit complaint reportedly alleges that Wal-Mart and others imposed policies that resulted in the denial of or delays in medical treatment related to on-the-job injuries for Wal-Mart employees.
The Wal-Mart class was reportedly defined by the court as including all persons who have received or have attempted to obtain, or will in the future receive or attempt to obtain, workers’ compensation benefits regulated by the Colorado Workers’ Compensation Act for injuries sustained within the course and scope of their employment with Wal-Mart.
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This is happening across the country to other Wal-Mart workers. I live in Minnesota and I am a inured Wal-Mart Worker. I was injured on the job and forced to work my full shift. We are closed at night and locked in the store. I was injured at 10:30 on Friday and forced to work until 6:30 in the morning. The following week I was cut from Full time to part-time in 2006 and we are still fighting over this in court. Now due to the lack of care I have stage 3 RSD. I am a widow and 2 of my sons are Austistic. Life is very difficult and I am 56 years old.
WALMART DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEES..THEY ARE IN THE BUSINESS TO TAKE OVER THE RETAIL WORLD. THAT IS ALL THEY CARE ABOUT!!
SOMEONE NEEDS TO STAND UP TO THEM. THEY WILL WALK OVER EVERY ONE AND ANYONE TO GET TO THE TOP. THEY DO IT IN NUMBERS. IF PEOPLE DON’T GO IN NUMBERS CLASS ACTION SUITS WON’T ROLL.
i worked for walmart and had an accident i went to wal mart dr after a few visits he said i was relised i was still having the same problem when i went and talked with store manager she said i was relised and could not go to dr again unless i went to my own dr and payed for it the wal mart dr said if it still was hurting i could come back but the store managr said not to she also was giving me bad time about handi cap sticker i had in window of car and told i was employee and could not park in handi cap area i had to park in employee parking lot after that they started writing me up for verous things and when i had my 3rd sergery from hernia they told me i had to go to front door and would not get payed what i was i would get minimum wages i had worked for 9 years and the other managers let me park in handi cap area clost to my work area i finally was told i could take a year off see if i could get good enouth to come back that was in november in january of the next year they gave me 10 days to get relise from dr or i would be terminated i did not go back i didnot want to be hasseled any more
ON 1-13-11, I WAS LEAVING WORK, WALKED OUT THE DOOR, SLIPPED ON ICE, NOT REMOVED, IN THE WALK AREA..
NO SIGNS POSTED, NO ALERTS TO THE ICE BY THE FRONT DOOR.
I SLIPPED, DID A WHIPLASH TWIST, WENT BACK INSIDE, ADVISED THE CSM THAT THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL SLIP OUT SIDE, IN THE LAST WEEK.
CSM HAD THE CART PUSHER ( ALEX ) SPREAD SALT IN THE AREA WHERE A GUTTER SPILLS OVER WATER THAT FREESES
AND IS VERY SLICK. ( I HELPED TO APPLY ICE )
I FELT NO PAIN UNTIL 11-12 AM THE NEXT MORNING, WHICH I CALLED MY INSURANCE KAISER PERMANENTE, AND WAS TOLD THIS IS TRAMA, AND THEY DO NOT WORK ON WAL MART EMPLOYEES.
I CALLED MY WAL MART # 2239 EVERGREEN, CO. 80401, AND WAS TOLD BY THE PERSONELL MGR. CAITLIN, THAT I SHOULD WAIT COME IN THE NEXT WORK DAY THAT I WORKED, ALL THE MANAGERS WERE IN A MEETING.. NO ONE CALLED ME BACK ??
MY NEXT WORK DAY WAS MONDAY THE 17TH FOUR DAYS LATER.
AFTER GOINING INTO WORK IN PAIN, I WAS TAKEN TO CONCENTRA FOR A DR. TO SEE ME, AND WAS SET UP FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY.
AFTER I HAD GONE TO PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR 4-5 VISITS THE THERAPIST IRA, ASK ME TO LIE ON A TABLE WITH MY KNEES TOGETHER.
IRA WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER PERSON BEHIND ME, AS HE CAME UP BEBIND ME, HE AGRESSIVELY PUSHED MY LEFT LEG INTO THE TABLE.
I FELT A SEVERE PULL / STRETCH IN MY LEFT BACK, AND ASK WHAT THAT WAS FOR,IRA THEN WENT TO HIS COMPUTER, SAID NOTHING.
I WENT TO THE DR. BIRD THE NEXT DAY, AS A WALK IN APPT.
TO EXPLAIN, THAT I HAVE A PAIN IN MY LEFT BUTT, WITH PAIN GOING DOWN MY LEFT LEG. ( NO PRIOR INJURY ON MY LEFT LEG UNTIL THEN..
DR. BIRD, SAID JUST TELL HIM , NOT TO DO THAT. AND GAVE MEMOTRIN.
THE NEXT DAY I HAD IRA AGAIN FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND AGAIN ASK WHY HE DID THAT, HE STATED, YOUR HIPS WERE OUT OF ALIGNMENT..
HE DID THIS WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE, OR ANY ADVANCED WARNING HE WAS GOING TO DO THIS.
HE CAANCELLED HIS UPCOMMING VISITS WITH ME, SO I WENT TO MY GYM, HIRED A CERTIFIEDE PERSONAL TRAINER, TO WORK WITH ME, FOR THE INJURY..
I THEN TALKED TO DR. BIRD, AND WAS TOLD I COULD GO TO ANOTHER AREA TO RECEIVE THERAPY.
I EXPLAINED I WAS INJURED BY IRA AT CONCENTRA 770 SIMMS ST. # 100 GOLDEN CO. 80401 ( 303-239-6060 )..
DR. BIRD SET ME UP WITH ADVANCED MEDICAL SPEC.
AND I EXPLAINED I WOULD GET MY OWN CERTIFIED PERSON TO WORK WITH ME, AT A COST OF $ 976.00 FOR 2 MONTHS..
IN MID APRIL I HAD RECOVERED ABOUT 90% AND WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY, STILL HAD THE PAIN IN MY LEFT BUTT, FROM THE INJURY ON 1-26-11 FROM IRA FOLUNTBURG,
THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST, AT CONCENTRA..
ON 5-2-11 I WAS PARKING IN THE HANDY CAP PARKING, WHEN I STEPED OUT OF MY CAR ONTO A SHEET OF ICE, SLIPPING AND THISTING MY BACK AGAIN.
I WAS TAKEN DOWN TO CONCENTRA AGAIN, AND WAS TOLD,
I HAD A SEVERE PULL IF MY LOW BACK, HIPS, RIGHT, LEFT
SIDE, AND THERE WOULD NOT BE ANYTHING I COULD DO AT WORK, UNLESS THEY HAD A BED.
I TOOK THE INFORMATION BACK TO THE PERSONELL OFFICE,
AND WAS TOLD I HAD TO COME INTO WORK.
I WAS PLACED ON 2-HRS. PER DAY, STANDING / SITTING..
I AGAIN WAS PLACED AT CONCENTRA FOR THERAPY, BUT AFTER STARTING, I WAS STOPPED BY FELEENA BLIVENS ( CMI ) WITH WAL MART CLAIMS MGMT..
I HAD SEVERAL DR. TO GO TO, THEN WAS PULLED OUT OF THERAPY AT CONCENTRA, AND WAS TOLD TO GO TO ANOTHER
THEN ANOTHER, FINALLY TO HEALTH ONE, 50 MILES FROM MY HOUSE.
DR.KATHY D’ANGELO HAS RELEASED ME TO WORK A FULL 8-HOURS, WITH NO RESTRICTIONS..
ON 4-17-12, I WAS ASK TO WORK THE GARDNEN CENTER AREA,
AND A CUSTOMER ASK TO HELP LOAD SOME RIVER ROCK INTO HER TRUNK.
SHE PLACED THE FIRST ONE IN, I PLASED THE OTHER THREE.
AFTER I RETURNED HOME FROM WORK, I HAD A SORE BACK,
BUT AT 5-PM, I HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE THE MA SSAGE THERAPIST, FOR PROBLEMS FROM THE 5-2-11 INJURY..
I THEN THE NEXT DAY WENT TO KAISER, FOR TRACTION.
THE FOLLOWING DAY I SAW DR. CHAN, WITH WORKERS COMP
HE SET ME UP WITH A STEROID SHOT ON 5-2-12.
THE FOLLOWING DAY I WENT AGAIN TO MASSAGE THERAPY, WITH STILL PAIN FROM WORK.
THE FOLLOWING DAY I WENT TO WAL MART TO TALK WITH THE GENERAL MGR. ROMAN WEATHERMOM, TO EXPLAIN, I NEED TO TAKE TIME OFF TO GET MY BACK BETTER, AT AGE 68
I WILL BE 69 IN SEPT. OF THIS YEAR..
I HAD THREE INJURYS WITHIN ABOUT THREE MOMTHS, RELEASED, THEN ANOTHER INJURY JUST LAST WEEK, ON APRIL 17TH 2012..
WAL MART HAS GIVEN ME THE RUNAROUND FROM THE FIRST INJURE..
I STARTED TO WORK PART TIME AFTER I RETIRED, IN 2007 AND RECEIVED THE ASSOCIATE F THE MONTH AWARD IN 2008
EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN WAL MARTS WORKERS COMP STYM.
INJURED RETIRED SENIOR,
SAMUEL STEVE BARNES
STORE # 2293 EVERGREEN, CO, 80401
G,M, ROMAN WEATHERMON