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BENTONVILLE, Ark., April 1 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart has given up its effort to collect reimbursement for payments made to a disabled former employee for medical expenses, the retailer said Tuesday.
In a statement, the company also said it would make changes in the rules for its health plan, NBC News reported.
Deborah Shank of Jackson, Mo., worked for Wal-Mart when she was critically injured in a car crash eight years ago, suffering brain damage. The company health insurance plan paid $470,000 for her medical expenses.
After Shank was awarded damages for the collision, which came to less than $470,000 after expenses and legal fees, Wal-Mart sought reimbursement of the entire amount paid by its plan. Courts ruled in the company's favor and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case, but recent stories on it created a burst of bad publicity.
Wal-Mart in its statement apologized to the Shank family.
"I am grateful that Wal-Mart has seen their error and decided to rectify it," Jim Shank, Deborah's husband, said in his own statement. "I just wish it hadn't taken them so long, this never should have happened."
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