Walmart hit with wrongful death lawsuit after employee dies of COVID-19 complications

Wando Evans, who worked at a Walmart store in Evergreen Park for 15 years, was found dead in his home on March 25. He had first mentioned symptoms consistent with the novel coronavirus to management at his store two weeks prior but was largely ignored, according to court documents filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court.Evans, who worked overnights in stock and maintenance at Walmart, was sent home by store management on March 23, and then found dead just two days later. He was 51.

Wando Evans, who worked at a Walmart in Evergreen Park, Illinois, died from COVID-19 complications on March 25, 2020.The lawsuit alleges Walmart was negligent in, among other things, failing to implement, promote and enforce social distancing guidelines and that it failed to cleanse and sanitize the store in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

"The Centers for Disease Control has designated Walmart stores as 'high-volume retailers,' making them responsible for taking additional precautions to protect employees and customers from the spread of COVID-19," Tony Kalogerakos, the attorney for the family of Evans, said in a statement.

Walmart doesnt care about their employees, they just care about 'keeping those prices low'

Wal-Mart should've put partitions between their cashiers and customers. No longer providing wipes for shopping carts at a lot of their stores. When asked the answer is ooh the ones in the front has been sanitized, the ones in the back hasn't. Whaaat? Self checkout screens ugh..

They have to prove that’s where they got it and show willful negligence on the part of Walmart. Most likely nothing will come of it.

I kind of felt that coming as Wal-Mart never closed.although they have initiated precautions about distancing! My two times in the local store (mask & distance observation),I didn’t see ANY employee wearing a mask:no attempt to keep a 6’ in-btwn distance!🇨🇳🦠inevitable!Law suit‼️

Imagine if all the doctors sue hospitals for getting them infected. There's only one hospital in the world dealing with covid-19 that didn't get their medical workers infected, and they're an infectious diseases hospital.

And it begins🙄

Sad thing is soda and beer companies are named essential and doing the same thing to employees. Putting employees in harms way over which should not be essential products

Ever talk to someone who works for Walmart? Have you ever been forced to go work with the uncaring public during a pandemic?

That person needs to file against Trump, not Walmart. It was Trumps' arrogance that informed us it was a hoax or just the flu. It's called Involuntary Manslaughter

Walmart should have offered anyone scared to work because of Covid-19 a furlough...if they did they should be fine...if they didnt..uh oh

This is just the first of many.

My cousin works at Walmart and this is very true!! Walmart is the absolute worst!! Horrifying

Good because it's the truth!!! These companies don't give a shit if you come to work sick!!! They just want you there at work infecting other people!!!

At least ,three employees for Pavilions Laguna Niguel test positive. Mgt tell rest of workers to be silent. Fuck that scream as loud as you can. Store I visited today had only two checkstands open, and wtf they right next to each other, fuckin brilliant

There is a $2 million offer to anyone who can prove the covid virus is real.

That’s not shocking

They will get a settlement, just to make them go away.

Here we go. Virus chasing lawyers, like the old days where we would ambulance chase pre quarantine.

Ridiculous

Shut them down so everyone starves!

We know where he contracted the disease? Thank you, Jussie.

I cannot wait for the 'wrongful death' lawsuits essential employees' relatives will be filing.

Walmart is going to wipe their ass with that lawsuit, ball it up and put it on sale for blue light special in middle isle

2 words: - relative - Illinois .......eye roll

This would probably go nowhere

stevanderson 👀

People will start looting Walmart stores when the money runs out (millions are already broke and struggling).

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