Cleaner accidentally ruins decades of US college’s research by turning off freezer

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York sues cleaner's employer after freezer turned off to mute annoying alarm'

A cleaner at a college in New York state accidentally destroyed decades of research by turning off a freezer in order to mute annoying alarm" sounds.

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), in Troy, is suing the cleaner's employer, alleging improper training. According to a lawsuit filed in the New York supreme court in Rensselaer county earlier this month, the university is seeking more than $1m in damages, the Times Union newspaper reported.