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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/mine-blast-trooper-wins-damages.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Paratrooper Sergeant Stuart Pearson, who lost a leg in a landmine explosion, has been awarded damages" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-mine-blast-trooper-wins-damages.jpg" alt="Paratrooper Sergeant Stuart Pearson, who lost a leg in a landmine explosion, has been awarded damages"/></a></p>
<p>A paratrooper who lost his left leg after he stepped on a landmine in Afghanistan has won damages at the High Court.</p>
<p>Sergeant Stuart Pearson was awarded the Queen&#8217;s Gallantry Medal after the September 2006 tragedy in Helmand Province, which killed Corporal Mark Wright and injured five other comrades from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment.</p>
<p>Cpl Wright was posthumously awarded the George Cross and two other soldiers gained the George Medal in the wake of the incident near a Taliban checkpoint by Kajaki Dam.</p>
<p>Judge Nicholas Chambers QC, at London&#8217;s High Court, was told that 35-year-old Sgt Pearson&#8217;s right foot was so badly damaged that it might also need to be amputated should a planned operation with only a 70% success rate fail.</p>
<p>Counsel Paul Rose QC said the soldier, who lives near Edinburgh, remained active despite his injuries and still enjoyed skiing and swimming.</p>
<p>The Ministry of Defence agreed a provisional compensation package which includes damages for pain and suffering as well as £600,000 for prosthetics and £270,000 for future care.</p>
<p>Further damages may be paid out in the future if the second amputation goes ahead.</p>
<p>A statement issued later by Sgt Pearson&#8217;s lawyers, MPH Solicitors, said: &#8220;Sergeant Pearson is currently recovering from a further operation and is still a serving soldier and proud to hold that position.&#8221; The firm said the full value of Sgt Pearson&#8217;s claim was £1.775 million but he would not receive that amount.</p>
<p>Solicitor Geraldine McCool said: &#8220;An out-of-court settlement has been negotiated with the Ministry of Defence whereby he receives a percentage of full value to reflect the MoD&#8217;s argument that this incident was covered by combat immunity. I am not at liberty to disclose the sum that Sergeant Pearson will be receiving but I know that he would also like to stress that he gives up his Armed Forces Compensation Service benefit (guaranteed income payment) in return.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today&#8217;s court hearing was about the right for Sergeant Pearson to go back to court in the future and secure a further sum to deal with future losses in the worst-case scenario which, in his case, is further amputation. This right has been approved by the court.&#8221;</p>
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