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Originally Posted by Illuminaughty
I'm not a hundred percent on this but I read it was in the neighbourhood of $360,000 max depending on the severity of the injury. If that is in fact true, this settlement with a borderline terrorist for over 10 million dollars looks that much worse in comparison. But I'm sure he suffered more then our wounded service men do, so he deserved every penny of the payout.
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The problem with this comparison is that in one case, the injury is caused by the wrongdoing (either negligent or intentional), whereas the other is not (there is no wrongdoing on the part of the government). Therefore, an award of damages in Khadr's case is intended to fully compensate him for all of the injuries suffered (and indeed, could potentially even attract punitive damages). In the case of compensation for a war widow,the purpose of any payment is not to attempt to compensate him or her for the death of a partner. It's simply a contractual payment (like life insurance benefits). They're two completely different things.