Indeed.
...... In his confusion, the student pulled back on the control stick, which led to the Foxbat taking off at such an angle it stalled and crashed at a speed of about 110 km/h. ........
Seems to have been the student's fault by pulling back on the stick. Without that, they would still have hit the light but no more.
I suppose it was argued that the instructor should have prevented the yokes being pulled back.
My instructor crashed our C152 onto its nose-wheel and propellor on my 4th ever flying lesson, (I was hands and feet off, just observing, while he landed). But I wasn't traumatised by the heavy crash in the least, and went on to become an ATPL airline pilot.
This student doesn't seem to have had the "right stuff" in the first place, and am not really sure about them being awarded all those damages.
Surely they would have agreed to terms and conditions, which would/should have mentioned the possibility of accidents ?