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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Erin Keller

Restaurant told to pay sous chef $3.5 million after he was attacked by head chef in front of customers

Kazutomo Robert Hori, owner of Margotto Hawaii, must pay millions after executive chef Yohei Yagishita repeatedly beat a former sous chef, a jury has ruled. - (DiPasquale & Summers)

A Japanese tech executive who now runs an upscale restaurant in Hawaii must pay a young employee millions after the former sous chef suffered repeated physical abuse on the job.

A Honolulu jury decided last week that Kazutomo Robert Hori, the owner of Margotto restaurant, should pay the then-22-year-old victim $3.15 million for the assaults by executive chef Yohei Yagishita.

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