Janitor accidentally destroys 20 years of research while cleaning lab, US lawsuit says

An employee of Daigle Cleaning Systems was cleaning a laboratory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy on Sept 17, 2020, when he shut off a circuit breaker that provided electricity to a freezer, says the lawsuit, which was filed June 16. — Image by Freepik

A New York university has filed a US$1mil (RM4.67mil) lawsuit against a cleaning company after the school said a janitor in a lab accidentally destroyed more than 20 years of scientific research, according to a lawyer.

An employee of Daigle Cleaning Systems was cleaning a laboratory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy on Sept 17, 2020, when he shut off a circuit breaker that provided electricity to a freezer, says the lawsuit, which was filed June 16.