Article on the Wal-Mart Corporation, with a focus on a review of the company for

Article on the Wal-Mart Corporation, with a focus on a review of the company for contesting an unreasonable amount of workers\u27 compensation claims in its Wal-Mart and Sam\u27s Club stores in Maine. Claims Management, Inc. (CMI) is the company owned and operated by Wal-Mart, through which the company self-administers its own workers\u27 compensation insurance. According to Steve Minkowsky of the Maine Workers\u27 Compensation Board, CMI is contesting almost 94 percent of the compensation claims filed by workers in its Maine stores and warehouses. Ed Gorman of the AFL-CIO office in Augusta called the workers\u27 compensation issues part of Wal-Mart\u27s continuing pattern of disrespect for workers and workers\u27 rights