Gwyneth Paltrow’s high-profile ski crash trial is coming to an end

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A lawsuit filed against Gwyneth Paltrow and a retired optometrist suing her for injuries sustained in a 2016 skiing collision is set to end on Thursday, with lawyers finalizing the decision. Arguing and jurying the case by eight jurors.

Terry Sanderson, 76, is suing Paltrow, alleging she skied out and crashed into him, breaking four ribs and leaving him with a concussion with symptoms that lasted years after the crash. There is

After a judge dismissed the original $3.1 million complaint, Sanderson amended and refiled the lawsuit seeking “more than $300,000.” In response, Paltrow counterclaimed for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.

Paltrow’s legal team spent much of the last day managing the witness stand and seeking testimony from medical experts. Sanderson’s attorneys are scheduled to begin Thursday morning by summoning medical experts back to refute Paltrow’s allegations.

Paltrow’s attorneys argued that the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer did not cause the accident and that the effects were not as bad as Sanderson claims, suggesting that a two-pronged approach can continue. Expected. They have portrayed him as an “obsessed” man pushing “total BS” claims against someone whose fame is unfair and prone to frivolous lawsuits.

Sanderson’s team cites how a man claiming to be the sole witness testified that he witnessed Paltrow punch his client, and that Sanderson suffered an injury and was shot in the film. It will continue to spin the case as a modern-day story of David vs. Goliath, who had the courage to take on the stardom.

Sanderson testified Friday that he continued to seek damages seven years after the accident. This is because the chain of events — post-concussion symptoms and accusations he filed for exploiting Paltrow’s celebrity — added insult to injury.

“That’s what it’s for. To make people regret this lawsuit. It’s painful to sue a public figure,” he said Wednesday in response to questions from his attorney, revealing his personal life, medical records and post-crash data. About Paltrow’s team researching extensive international travel itineraries.

Both sides mobilized significant resources to emerge victorious, but the global attention the trial attracted could cause the verdict to be remembered as an afterthought. It pales in comparison to the typical legal costs of a trial with years of litigation, private security details, and expert witnesses.

With the waiting list of witnesses lingering, lawyers are faced with the difficult choice of how to reconcile the testimony of hired experts and family members, doctors, and Sanderson and Paltrow himself.

Paltrow’s defense team chose mostly experts to launch the final defense on Wednesday. They chose to seek testimony from four medical experts rather than Paltrow’s husband, television producer Brad Falchuk.

In the final hour of the final day of calling witnesses, they called Sanderson back to the witness stand. The day before, they read the depositions of Paltrow’s two children, Apple and Moses.

Some of the most shocking testimony comes from Paltrow and Sanderson. Jurors were nailed Friday when Paltrow said on the stand that she initially thought she was “violated” when the clashes began. Then she ran into him and said that he “absolutely flew away”.

The trial also put Park City in the spotlight, primarily known as a ski resort that welcomes celebrities like Paltrow at the annual Sundance Film Festival.

Local residents increasingly filled the courtroom galleries throughout the trial. They nodded as lawyers and witnesses mentioned local landmarks like the Montage Deer Valley, a ski resort hotel spa where Paltrow got a massage after the crash. Other times he projected the jury, though he seemed mesmerized by Paltrow’s reaction.