Trump once sued Carrier for ‘inoperable’ air conditioners

In 2003, Trump wasn’t so interested in helping Carrier.

Trump International Hotel & Tower sued Carrier Corporation for negligence and breach of warrant after two large pieces of air-conditioning equipment apparently failed. Trump claimed he suffered about $600,000 in damages and had to deploy his own resources to fix it. Funny thing, according to a judge’s order in the case, it was apparently Trump’s own employee and on-staff equipment operator who started one of the chiller units without noticing that the valve supplying pressurized water to the unit was in a closed position. This caused the water inside the chiller to solidify in the tubes, causing damage. However, Trump’s lawyers claimed that Carrier caused the freeze-up by improperly servicing the unit.

…I’ll save you the boring details. Bottom line: This case stretched on for another 4 years! Carrier tried to get it dismissed. Federal Judge Shira Sheindlin issued an order in October 23, 2007 allowing it to move forward, but dismissing Trump’s claims of negligence. Several weeks later, according to the court docket, it appears Trump and Carrier came to an undisclosed settlement agreement, and that was that.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.