Actor and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow will seem in court docket subsequent week to testify in a civil case filed by a retired optometrist claiming she brought on him critical harm in a 2016 ski accident, as per quite a few stories.
Terry Sanderson has accused Paltrow, 50, of negligence and is suing for US$300,000 (about $410,000). He alleged the Goop founder collided with him whereas snowboarding at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, “knocking him down hard, knocking him out.”
In the grievance filed in 2019, Sanderson, 76, stated the accident left him with “permanent traumatic brain injury, 4 broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life.” He maintains that Paltrow left him collapsed on the slope and skied away.
In a counterclaim, Paltrow stated Sanderson skied into her in a “full body hit,” giving her minor accidents that prevented her from snowboarding the subsequent day. She claims he apologized to her after the accident.
Paltrow stated she solely left the scene of the accident after a Deer Valley Resort worker gave affirmation she might depart.
She additionally alleged Sanderson has stated earlier than that he doesn’t have a transparent reminiscence of the accident.
In 2019, Sanderson categorised the accident as a hit-and-run however that was later struck down by a decide. Any point out of incidences after the collision — together with an allegation from Sanderson {that a} resort worker who didn’t witness the crash skied off and accused Sanderson of being chargeable for the accident — have been additionally disallowed.
Sanderson’s unique lawsuit sought $3.1 million in damages.
In her counterclaim, Paltrow is looking for solely $1 in damages (a symbolic gesture), and capital for her lawyer’s charges.
The trial is about to start on March 21 in Utah. To win the civil go well with, Sanderson should reveal the burden of proof and show his accidents have been immediately attributable to the ski collision.
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