A janitor allegedly destroyed two decades worth of research, resulting in at least $1million in damages, when he shut off a freezer that's alarm had been blaring. The unnamed custodian from Daigle Cleaning Services was working at the Cogswell Building at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York the night of September 17, 2020 when he said he heard 'annoying alarms' and went to an open electrical box in an effort to turn it off.He shut off the circuit breaker, a lawsuit filed in Rensselaer County court claims, sending the temperatures inside the freezer to jump from negative 112 degrees Fahrenheit to negative 25.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
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