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How is it the checkout's fault?
They claimed she didn't scan those items, out of $176 worth of items. That made her subject to arrest and search, where more issues were discovered and racking up the charges.
Then they discovered that she HAD scammed the initial items, but the CHECK OUT machine didn't register them. Which means the search that found the other items was illegal, and they got the additional items wrong, too, exacerbating the legal incompetence.
And it turns out to all be mistakes made entirely by Walmart, with absolutely no blame on her for ANY of it.
As a result of that series of mistakes by Walmart, she lost the job she loved, and the career she built. Those are extremely serious damages, and it all goes back to Walmart's pile of mistakes.
Walmart ruined this woman's life, and it's going to cost them MILLIONS. They'll pay, they don't want to take a chance with jury with someone like me on it. I'd award her the entire company, and every Walton fortune.