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Marshall Medical Center Data Breach

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NOTICE: If you are a current or past employee of Marshall Medical Center, and you have received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777.

data breach sticker on back of serverMarshall Medical Center (MMC) in El Dorado County, California, uses outside vendor PaperlessPay Corp. to produce electronic paystubs and W-2 forms for its employees.

On February 19, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alerted PaperlessPay Corp. that their clients’ employee data was for sale on the dark web. PaperlessPay Corp. confirmed that an unauthorized party gained access to their SQL service on February 18, 2020.

On March 20, 2020, PaperlessPay Corp. notified MMC about the cyberattack. MMC disclosed the data breach to their current and past employees, stating that potentially compromised information is associated with paycheck stubs and tax forms, and may include:

  • full names
  • addresses
  • pay and withholdings information
  • Social Security numbers

As a result of the security incident, MMC will not be sending any more employee information to PaperlessPay going forward and is going back to producing paper paystubs until an alternate vendor is established. MMC is offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services and is urging their employees to take precautionary measures, such as changing account passwords and setting up fraud alerts with credit reporting agencies.

Marshall Medical Center has more than 1,600 employees at several facilities throughout El Dorado County, including in Placerville, Cameron Park, and El Dorado Hills. The nonprofit healthcare provider was founded in 1959.

PaperlessPay Corp., claims to have hosted 8 million paystubs and delivered over 106 million W-2 forms. The company provides electronic paystubs under the product names my-eStub.com and PPCStubs.com for the staff of hospitals, utility providers, and other employers. It is unknown how many of PaperlessPay Corp.’s 1500 clients or how many of the company’s 2.3 million enrolled users were affected by the security incident.

PaperlessPay Corp. was founded in 2007 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida. The company’s estimated annual revenues are $7 million. The company has not yet posted a public statement about the security incident or issued a formal notice to affected individuals.

If you are a current or past employee of Marshall Medical Center, and you have received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH regarding this incident, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your situation and possible legal options.

Settlement - $3,767,000

Truck Accident

A 20-year-old man who had been married for just 12 days left home on his way to work. He was driving on Pleasant Grove Road in Sutter County in the early morning when he came upon a slow-moving truck. As he pulled out to pass the truck, the truck driver turned left in front of him. The young man attempted to steer back into his lane but his vehicle struck an un-flagged piece of metal extending from the back of the truck. He died in the resulting crash.

Expert witnesses brought in by the Arnold Law Firm proved that the truck, owned and operated by a hauling firm, should never have been on the highway that morning. Specifically, the rear and side turn signals did not work and the rear-view mirror was in a poor state of adjustment at the time of the collision. As a result, the driver, who had failed to properly inspect the vehicle before setting out that morning, couldn’t see the young man’s vehicle as it attempted to pass.

The poor condition of the truck, its lack of maintenance and the manner in which it was operated were found to be substantial factors in causing the collision that killed the young man. The testimony also established that the man had been making a lawful pass at the lawful speed limit and acted reasonably when he attempted to avoid the collision.

The man’s 20-year-old widow was awarded $3,767,000.77, his parents were awarded $185,131 and the family was reimbursed $11,899 in funeral expenses. Though money is a poor substitute for a young man’s life, this verdict demonstrates that drivers who endanger the lives of others will be held accountable for their actions.