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May 7, 2009

Wal-Mart Reaches Settlement in Worker Trampling Death
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The retail giant Wal-Mart has reached a settlement to avoid charges for
the death of a worker crushed by a stampede of shoppers last December.
Thirty-four-year-old Jdimytai Damour was killed after a crowd of 2,000
broke down store doors and ran him over shortly before the store’s
opening. Wal-Mart will pay nearly $2 million and pledge to improve
safety at its New York stores.



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