Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Loss of Principal, Gain of Principle - It’s A Mystery

Wal-Mart Stores has spent a year and more than a million dollars in legal fees battling a $7,000 fine that federal safety officials assessed after shoppers trampled a Wal-Mart employee to death at a store on Long Island on the day after Thanksgiving in 2008.

The mystery, federal officials say, is why Wal-Mart is fighting so hard against such a modest fine.

And why is Wal-Mart’s battling of this fine a “mystery” to federal officials?  Because of this.

But in fighting the federal fine, Wal-Mart is arguing that the government is improperly trying to define “crowd trampling” as an occupational hazard that retailers must take action to prevent.

It would be a “mystery” to federal officials when a business or individual stands up for principles rather than mere principal.

I say good for Wal-Mart, and I hope they continue to bury the federal government in their own bureaucratic legal paperwork jungle.

Wal-Mart Fighting $7,000 Fine in Trampling Case

Via dispatches from TJICstan.

Posted by John Venlet on 07/07 at 07:38 AM
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