Gwyneth Paltrow trial live: Ski collision X-rays shown as Goop mogul complains about court photos

A retired optician claims he was skiing with friends when he heard “hysterical screaming like … King Kong in the jungle or something”.

Terry Sanderson showed “typical signs” of a traumatic brain injury following the 2016 collision, the court heard.

Sanderson’s lawyers are trying to prove that it was Paltrow who hit their client, arguing that the downhill skier always has the right of way.

Instead, Paltrow claims Sanderson drove into her.

Neuroradiology expert Dr Gibby testified for the defense and said the scenario presented by Sanderson’s lawyers was more consistent with the extent of the injuries he suffered – four displaced broken ribs.

“The damaging force of just falling over wouldn’t be the same as if you had someone hit you and knock you over,” Dr Gibby said. “If you have the combined strength of two people, that would also increase… his probability of damage.”

Sanderson claims Paltrow is largely to blame for the accident. In his complaint filed in 2019, he alleges that after the collision she “got up, turned and drove off, leaving Sanderson stunned, lying in the snow, seriously injured.”

“A Deer Valley ski instructor, who had coached Paltrow, but did not see the crash, drove over, saw the injured Sanderson and drove off, accusing Sanderson of causing the crash,” the complaint states.

Paltrow, on the other hand, claims that her instructor actually witnessed the collision.

The rule of the hills in Utah is that those ahead of you have the right of way and those coming from behind must avoid others. Both Mr Sanderson and Ms Paltrow claim they were further down the mountain.

Testimony has ended for the day in Park City, Utah, in the trial over who is responsible for a 2016 skiing crash involving Gwyneth Paltrow.

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A 2016 ski crash with actor Gwyneth Paltrow caused a man to suffer long-term damage, including to his mental health and cognitive abilities, a Utah court heard Wednesday, during a second day of testimony in a Park City courthouse.

Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson is seeking $300,000 in damages for the impact of a collision between the two at the Deer Valley resort in Utah, which experts testified left the now 76-year-old with permanent injuries.

Radiologist Dr Wendell Gibby, who examined Mr Sanderson, told the court the man had “typical characteristics” of a brain injury, and his quality of life “abruptly deteriorated” after the crash, drastically changing things for the typically “very high-functioning, high-energy person”.

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A lawsuit over a 2016 skiing accident isn’t the only controversy the Goop mogul is facing.

The independentAmber Raiken reports:

Paltrow says in her filing before the trial that Mr. Sanderson’s injuries are exaggerated because an examination was conducted with his doctor, which did not reveal anything lacking in his cognitive function, the claim says.

The movie star’s filing states that medical records show he was diagnosed with a “mild” concussion and that he has spent “long periods” on vacation abroad since the crash.

The counterclaim also alleges that Sanderson had 15 chronic medical problems and that a year earlier he told his doctor that he was blind in his right eye and that the vision in his left eye was getting worse.

“She did not knock him down or cause him to suffer a concussion, brain injury or broken ribs,” Paltrow’s filing states.

Terry Sanderson, a retired optometrist, claims a skiing crash with Gwyneth Paltrow in 2016 left him with permanent injuries that changed his quality of life.

“Terry had been a high-functioning, active person,” Dr. Wendell Gibby, a neuroradiology expert, said of Mr Sanderson’s injuries during testimony on Wednesday. “Every day he did lots of things. Meeting groups, wine tasting, skiing, volunteering.”

“After the accident, he deteriorated abruptly and stopped many of the activities he loved to do,” the expert added.

Ms Paltrow has claimed it was Mr Sanderson who crashed into her.