Part Of Walmart Lawsuit Dismissed
Part of a Walmart lawsuit against its former Vice Chairman has been dismissed by a judge, who stated that the parties had agreed that no legal action would be taken against one another over events occurring while the Vice Chairman was in position. Walmart had filed the lawsuit against Tom Coughlin alleging that the former Vice Chairman has mis-used half a million dollars in Walmart cash and assets.The company is now revising the lawsuit. "We are disappointed the court did not rule on Wal-Mart's fraud claims against Mr. Coughlin but instead upheld the release agreements on a technicality," Wal-Mart spokeswoman Mona Williams said. "We will file an amended complaint with additional evidence of fraud and fraudulent inducement."
However, despite this dismissal, a federal jury is still looking into the allegations of crime made against Coughlin. The judge in Benton County has stated that Walmart did not show that Arkansas law required a company officer to disclose improprieties prior to a general release being signed to absolve liability.
The judge stated: "A plain reading of the mutual release indicates that Wal-Mart must have considered the possibility that Coughlin's actions were potentially problematic when it released him of all known or unknown claims."
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