The plaintiffs say the company should have spotted the warning signs before hiring him
Three UnitedHealthcare employees are suing the company in federal court, saying it hired a supervisor it should have known had a harassment history.
The lawsuits, filed April 28, 2026, in the US District Court for the Western District of New York, were brought by Dawn Scott-Iverson, Tanya Hall, and Christine Barbas. They name United Healthcare Services, Inc., its management arm, and their direct supervisor, Roddy Torres. Each woman is seeking at least $9 million in damages, plus punitive damages, across nine claims that include gender discrimination, hostile work environment, retaliation, and negligent hiring.
For HR leaders, the most striking thread running through all three filings is the negligent hiring allegation. Each complaint says UnitedHealthcare "knew or should have known" that the supervisor had "a propensity to engage in inappropriate and sexually harassing conduct, including prior misconduct for which he was terminated from a previous position."
How the women say they learned about each other matters too. According to Hall's filing, she discovered around November 2024 that the supervisor had previously been let go from another job over similar allegations. Each of the three women's complaints names the other two, suggesting their lawyers are framing this as a pattern rather than three isolated incidents.
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