Walmart pays $2M in trampling
MINEOLA, N.Y. — Walmart agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $2 million and improve safety at its 92 New York stores as part of a deal with prosecutors that avoids criminal charges in the trampling death of a temporary worker.
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, who began a criminal investigation shortly after last November’s customer stampede at Walmart’s Valley Stream store, said that if she had brought criminal charges against the retailer for negligence in the worker’s death, the company would have been subject to only a $10,000 fine if the company were convicted.
Instead, she said, the company has agreed to implement an improved crowd-management plan for post-Thanksgiving Day sales, set up a $400,000 victims’ compensation and remuneration fund, and provide a $1.5 million grant to social services programs and nonprofit groups within Nassau County.
The agreement included no admission of guilt by the Walmart company.
FROM WIRE REPORTS
MINEOLA, N.Y. — Walmart agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $2 million and improve safety at its 92 New York stores as part of a deal with prosecutors that avoids criminal charges in the trampling death of a temporary worker.
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, who began a criminal investigation shortly after last November’s customer stampede at Walmart’s Valley Stream store, said that if she had brought criminal charges against the retailer for negligence in the worker’s death, the company would have been subject to only a $10,000 fine if the company were convicted.
Instead, she said, the company has agreed to implement an improved crowd-management plan for post-Thanksgiving Day sales, set up a $400,000 victims’ compensation and remuneration fund, and provide a $1.5 million grant to social services programs and nonprofit groups within Nassau County.
The agreement included no admission of guilt by the Walmart company.
FROM WIRE REPORTS
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