Gwyneth Paltrow Wins Ski Collision Case – CNN

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Gwyneth Paltrow has filed a civil lawsuit related to the 2016 collision.

A Utah jury on Thursday found Paltrow, the Oscar-winning actor and founder and CEO of Goop, not bound and ruled in her favor in her counterclaim against the person who sued her.

Terry Sanderson, a retired optometrist, is suing Paltrow for long-term injuries she sustained when she was involved in two collisions at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, seven years ago.

Jurors in the civil trial deliberated for a little over two hours before returning their verdict in favor of Paltrow, who testified that it was Sanderson who was leaning on her back as she slid down from him.

The trial began on March 21.

Sanderson’s attorney on Thursday asked the jury to consider his brain injury and life expectancy, suggesting the jury award Sanderson $3.2 million.

Sanderson’s complaint alleged damages of more than $300,000.

Paltrow testified last week that Sanderson skied on her. In damages, she asked for more attorney’s fees in her counterclaim and was awarded $1.

After the verdict was read, Paltrow released a statement through her attorneys.

“I felt the acquisition of falsity suspected of my integrity. I am pleased with the outcome and appreciate all the efforts of Judge Holmberg and the jury, and I thank them for their counsel in this case,” said Paltrow.

Her attorney, Steve Owens, also released a statement.

“We agree with this unanimous outcome and the deliberations of the judge and jury,” he said. “Gwyneth has a history of championing what she believes in – it was no different and she will continue to stand up for the right.”

Sanderson spoke to reporters outside court.

He said that when he saw Paltrow put her hand on his shoulder after the sentence was read, he told her, “I wish you well.”

He later said he believed he “had the truth,” but insisted he had not presented any “falsehoods” in court.

Sanderson’s attorney, Kristin VanOrnum, said she has a “new appreciation” for Paltrow, responding to a question about media coverage and concerns about the trial.

“If I had to do all this every day, I can’t even imagine and feel for it,” he added, telling reporters that he was “not star-struck.”

Before the jurors were sent to deliberate, Sanderson’s attorney, Robert Sykes, denied Sanderson’s claims of reputation and sought attention by pleading his case in law.

“There will always be a part of him on that mountain,” Sykes said in closing arguments. “We hope you will help bring Terric home from that mountain with a fair trial today.”

Owens, meanwhile, stated that for Paltrow, the flow of right and wrong, and that it was “easy” for Paltrow to “write and be done with it”, but said that was false.

“He is wrong because he is hurting her, and he wants money from her,” he told the judge.

Later he added: He is here today, but he should not hurt her.

James Paltrow, Egan’s lawyer, in his closing, referred to the opposing party’s comments, saying: “Ms. Paltrow also wants him off the mountain, but that shouldn’t be the price for the author.

Paltrow told jurors that the collision happened on the first day of the trip to Deer Valley, where she was with her two kids, then-boyfriend Falchuck, and their two children.

She testified that two skiers came in the middle of her skis, forcing her feet apart and that she heard a “cracking squeal” as she felt a body press into her back before they both crashed together.

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Paltrow said she didn’t ask about Sanderson’s condition after they collided, but claimed that he stayed on the mountain “enough to say he was OK” and to stand.

During his testimony, Sanderson emphasized that Paltrow had skied on him.

“I got hit on my back so hard and right on my shoulder blades and it felt like it was perfectly positioned and the punches and poles were right on the bottom of my shoulder blades, heavy, heavy wise and they never got hit. That hard,” Sanderson testified. “All I saw was a whole lot of snow.”

Sanderson disputes the suggestions Paltrow received to take advantage of her fame and fortune.

“I thought, ‘I’m not in a celebrity cult,'” Sanderson told jurors about learning another sailor was involved in their collision.

Jurors also heard from several expert witnesses, Sanderson’s daughters, and testimony from ski employers. Testimony from Paltrow’s two children, Apple and Moses Martin, was read to jurors at the trial.