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Originally Posted by camaro_corvette
Yeah, I saw that same sign. But a month later one of my freinds that who works at the very store was talking to management. They told him to start bringing in the carts because one just hit a mercedes and they (as in walmart) was gonna have to pay for it. I guess walmart doesn't give a shit about the smaller folks. Ironic huh. I hate them with a passion that kills.
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Originally Posted by The_Blur
Signs don't mean anything. If I wore a sign that said, "I kill people who say 'hello,'" then I would still be a murderer in the eyes of the court, even if I claimed that my victims were liable for saying "hello." If someone damages your property, then you have a right to reimbursement.
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Actually no Walmart (same for any other store chain) doesn't have to legally. They may choose to in order to keep a customer but they are not legally bound to fix a car unless the incident can be directly tired to the actions of an employee. I'm an assistant manager for another retail chain (Dollar General to be specific) and during the time I've been there we've had quite a few incidents happen including a couple cart dings, strong winds blowing customer trash around damaging cars, and even a small tornado ripping the front doors off of the store severely damaging 2 cars (one was unlucky enough to have a door go though the engine compartment and hit the engine hard enough to break the engine and tranny mounts and deem both unrepairable). We've had 1-2 threaten lawsuits and the owner who lost their engine actually tried it (his insurance company wasn't going to cover the cost of the repair as he only had liability so he wanted us to pay for it). In court, stores are not held liable in incidents that occurred because of a customers neglect or because of nature.