A mind-blowing claim has been made in the United States. Lawyers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York claimed that a cleaner destroyed years of groundbreaking research.
According to the BBC, the research in question was related to photosynthesis and had the potential to be groundbreaking for the development of solar panels. But lawyers’ claims showed that samples of the study were destroyed when a cleaning worker unplugged the refrigerator while cleaning in the lab. The institute filed a lawsuit against the company on the grounds of all these events.
The incident caused $1 million in damage.
According to the information received, the incident took place in 2020. According to the case file, the cleaner unplugged it while cleaning the lab after finding the alarm sound from the freezer disturbing. It was also reported that the samples stored at -80 degrees became unusable after that and the events caused a loss of 1 million dollars.
In addition, it is stated that there is a warning on the device that the freezer may beep due to repairs, not to be moved or unplugged. Allegedly, the cleaner turned the freezer off by making a reading error despite all this. When the situation was noticed, the temperature rose to 50 degrees.
Lawyers state that the cleaning company was unable to adequately train its employees until a $1.4 million deal was signed in 2020. On the other hand, it should be noted that there has been no move from the company on the subject.
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