Kitchen porter drops case against restaurant

A kitchen porter in a Killarney restaurant who sued for a back injury suffered lifting a large pot of water from a sink withdrew his case yesterday following lengthy cross-examination at the High Court.

Robert Tokar commenced his civil action before Mr Justice Michael Hanna in Cork on Monday, against Theo’s Restaurant Ltd, trading as La Rambla. By yesterday afternoon, Dr John O’Mahony, senior counsel, said the plaintiff was withdrawing his case.

Mr Tokar said his job was to wash dishes and help the chefs, a job he did for two years prior to the accident on February 27, 2013.