Claim against An Post over tiger kidnapping dismissed

A security man with An Post who claimed he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following the tiger kidnapping of a colleague’s family has lost his High Court damages action against his employer.

Mr Justice Raymond Fullam said he was satisfied to dismiss a claim brought by Jimmy Bishop, aged 55, from Nangor Rd, Clondalkin in Dublin, and found that he did not suffer from PTSD.

Mr Bishop who works in the GPO in Dublin City Centre as a patrolman, sued An Post following the tiger kidnapping of the family of Liam O’Sullivan an executive with An Post on April 7, 2011. That morning, Mr O’Sullivan presented at the GPO and instructed Mr Bishop to let him into the mail room area.