A paratrooper who lost a leg trying to rescue a wounded colleague from a minefield has won £1.7million in compensation from the Ministry of Defence.Read the full article here
Sgt Stuart Pearson was awarded damages for his ‘pain, suffering and loss of amenity’ at the High Court yesterday, while the MoD also agreed to pay £600,000 for prosthetic limbs and £270,000 for his future care.
The payout came after the 35-year-old made a negligence claim against the MoD for ‘breach of duty before contact with the enemy’.
He had already received money from the Forces Compensation Scheme, which assesses payouts under a tariff system, the MoD said.
Claims such as Sgt Pearson’s rarely make it to court because the military has ‘combat immunity’.
