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A woman who was fired by Wal-Mart after she suffered a disabling gunshot wound to her spine will be compensated with $250,000, according the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The woman had been working at Wal-Mart as a pharmacy technician since 1993. However, her salary was so poor that she had to work two jobs, and was shot during a robbery at her other job in 1994. The gunshot damaged her spinal cord, leading to an abnormal gait that required the use of a cane. The woman said that the pharmacy manager who knew her was accommodating, but when she transferred to a new store, where the new manager refused to accommodate her disability. The new manager demoted her to door greeter, and Wal-Mart fired her when she refused the demotion.

Wal-Mart says that this is an isolated situation, but it is the second settlement so far this year involving Wal-Mart's treatment of Americans with disabilities. In April, Wal-Mart was ordered by a court to pay $300,000 for refusing to hire an applicant with cerebral palsy.

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