Highpoint Solutions, Fmr. HR Director Sued Over Alleged Failure to Protect Personal Information

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Highpoint Solutions LLC and Christine Cushman, the company’s former human resources manager, are the defendants in a proposed class action filed in mid-August by a contracted employee in the wake of startling public revelations that Cushman stole almost $1 million from Highpoint over a two-year period by using “private financial information HighPoint maintained concerning subcontractors.” More specifically, Cushman, from May 5, 2015 until June 15, 2017, reportedly used the stolen information to issue herself 45 fraudulent checks, according to a press release issued by the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania District Attorney’s office. 

The plaintiff’s lawsuit aims to take the defendants to task for, among other alleged missteps, failing to secure and safeguard the personal identifying information of current and former employees, agents, subcontractors, services providers, customers and their families. Further, the lawsuit claims HighPoint was negligent in failing to provide proposed class members with timely and adequate notice that their information was stolen.