After hearing “annoying alarms,” a janitor allegedly cut power to a freezer holding decades' worth of research materials valued at nearly $1 million, according to a recently filed lawsuit.
, one of the oldest engineering schools in the country, contracted with Albany-based Daigle to provide janitorial services for the academic semester stretching into late November.On Sept. 14, 2020, an alarm sounded in the laboratory where Lakshmi kept her research. The temperature of a freezer with cell cultures and specimens, which needed to stay between minus-115.6 and minus-108.4 degrees Fahrenheit to prevent “catastrophic damage,” had risen to the upper limit.
Lakshmi investigated several possible causes for the temperature shift by questioning university facilities officials, who told her temperature and air flow in the lab generally weren’t endangering her specimens. To try to ensure electricity kept flowing to the freezer, a lock box was installed on its outlet to prevent anyone from unplugging it. A sign was posted on the door, stating that the freezer was under repair and shouldn’t be moved or unplugged.
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