This week, actress Gwyneth Paltrow is testifying in a trial regarding an alleged hit-and-run ski accident that occurred in Utah in 2016. According to reports, the celebrity is testifying in her favor.
Terry Sanderson, a retired optometrist, filed a lawsuit against the actress in 2019, asking for $3.1 million in damages, claiming she collided with him in February 2016 while skiing recklessly at a resort in Park City, Utah, seriously injuring him.
The optometrist contends in the lawsuit that the collision caused him to sustain a traumatic brain injury, broken ribs, and a loss of enjoyment of life. Paltrow’s attorneys argue that the man is lying.
In a 2021 countersuit, Paltrow claimed that Sanderson was the one who actually collided with her.
The trial started on March 21 and will last for eight days at a courthouse in Park City, where the two will face off in court.
According to Paltrow’s lawsuit, Sanderson, who is now 71 years old, told his doctor he was blind in one eye a year prior to the accident.
The man also acknowledged, according to the counterclaim, that he does not remember everything that happened.
According to the lawsuit, Paltrow has a vivid memory of what happened that day. Sanderson crashed into her back while skiing while the actress was uphill from him. Sanderson made Paltrow angry before apologizing.
Sanderson had been identified as having 15 additional chronic health conditions, according to Paltrow’s legal team, in addition to his vision issues.
The plaintiff’s medical professionals also had him undergo a series of brain exams, which revealed no deficits in his cognitive functioning following the collision.
In a previous decision, the judge rejected Sanderson’s request for punitive damages and limited his request to only $300,000.
Paltrow countersued for a symbolic $1 in legal costs and damages because she wasn’t seriously hurt.
Additionally, the doctor alleged that the actress acting in an “uncaring” way since the accident, which Paltrow disputes.
The doctor was also criticized by Paltrow’s legal team, who claimed that despite his claims of suffering serious injuries, the doctor had managed to travel abroad several times since the collision.