Wal-Mart accused of same-sex bias in lawsuit

New York -- Wal-Mart Stores is the subject of a lawsuit accusing it of wrongly denying employee benefits for same-sex spouses, Reuters reported. The lawsuit seeks nationwide class-action status.



An office manager has worked at Walmart stores in Maine and Massachusetts since 1999, said in the lawsuit that her wife, Diana Smithson, developed cancer in 2012 and that the denial of insurance led to $150,000 in medical debt, hampering her recovery. To read the full story click here.