Gwyneth Paltrow is expected to take the stand in a 2016 ski accident trial in which a Utah doctor claims she seriously injured him in a ‘hit-and-run’ accident.
Terry Sanderson, 76, sued the Oscar-winning actress in January 2019, alleging that she crashed into him and left the scene at the exclusive Deer Valley resort on February 26.
The retired optometrist sought compensation of more than $3.1 million after the accident left him with “permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement.” .
But a judge threw out her original hit-and-run claim and the Utah Resort and Paltrow’s instructor were dropped from the lawsuit and it’s now a $300,000 claim solely against the actress.
Paltrow is filing a counterclaim for ‘token damages’ of $1 plus legal fees in her counterclaim and trial will begin Tuesday the 21st in Park City District Court.
Gwyneth Paltrow (pictured in Kitzbuehel, Austria, in January 2016) is alleged to have skied on Terry Sanderson’s back before leaving the scene at the Deer Valley resort in February 2016. She denies the allegation and has countersued the optometrist retired.
Terry Sanderson (pictured) filed a lawsuit in January 2019 in Utah alleging that Gwyneth Paltrow broke four ribs, leaving him brain damaged after a skiing accident.
Paltrow, who was photographed dining in Park City a day after the accident, is seeking “token damages” of $1 plus her legal fees in her countersuit, filed in February 2019.
said a source Fox that Paltrow, 50, will take the stand at the trial. DailyMail.com has contacted their representatives for comment.
She has insisted that it was Sanderson who skied against her and that he was the uphill skier in the accident, in the counterclaim obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune.
She accused him of trying to ‘exploit his celebrity and wealth’ with the accident in which she suffered a full body blow when he collided with her.
Ms. Paltrow told Sanderson she was angry with him and he apologized to her, but the incident left her “shocked and upset” and she stopped skiing that day, the lawsuit says.
“I heard this hysterical scream and I was instantly hit on the back,” Sanderson said at a news conference when he originally filed the lawsuit in 2019.
It was instant, they hit me in the back. It felt like it had pushed me forward.
In his original lawsuit, he accused her of getting up and skiing without checking on him or offering help after the accident.
Sanderson claimed that his instructor, identified as Eric Christiansen, soon came over and informed the injured man that the incident was his fault and then skied off as well.
It says in the complaint that neither Paltrow nor the instructor alerted the ski patrol after abandoning him, leaving him stranded and alone with brain damage and four broken ribs on the side of the mountain.
‘This case involves a hit-and-run ski accident in Deer Valley, Utah, where defendant Gwyneth Paltrow skied out of control and struck the back of Terry Sanderson, another skier, who was downhill, forcefully knocking him unconscious. and causing a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries,’ the legal file indicated.
“Paltrow got up, turned and skied away, leaving a dazed Sanderson lying in the snow, badly injured.”
Gwyneth Paltrow will take the stand in a 2016 ski accident civil lawsuit in which a Utah doctor claims she seriously injured him in a ‘hit-and-run’ accident
He sought damages of more than $3.1 million after the accident, but a judge threw out his original hit-and-run claim and it is now a $300,000 claim against Miss Paltrow.
The trial for the Deer Valley Resort incident will begin March 21 in Park City District Court.
That’s when a ski instructor came up and scoffed at Sanderson’s claims, even though he didn’t see the accident.
“He also failed to send help, as he was required to, and then filed a false report to protect his client, Ms. Paltrow,” the filing states.
‘Neither Ms Paltrow nor staff at the Deer Valley shelter notified emergency services about the injured Dr Sanderson. He was left at the scene with severe brain injuries caused by Mrs. Paltrow.
But Ms. Paltrow alleged that Sanderson said he was fine when Christiansen reviewed it and claimed that the instructor prepared a report that found Sanderson to be at fault for the incident.
His counterclaim insists that the retired doctor’s injuries were exaggerated and that an examination with a doctor did not show any deficits in cognitive functioning.
Medical records at the time reveal a diagnosis of “mild” concussion, according to the lawsuit, and that he was on vacation internationally for “prolonged periods” after the accident.
And Sanderson has 15 other chronic medical problems and told his doctor a year earlier that he was blind in his right eye and vision in his left eye was diminishing, according to the documents.
“She did not knock him down,” the counterclaim says, “nor cause him to suffer a concussion, brain injury, or broken ribs.”
View from above: Paltrow was skiing the Bandana Trail (above) with friends and family
Out and about: Paltrow had been seen shopping in Brentwood two days before the incident (above)
Paltrow was skiing the resort’s Bandana beginner slope with the guidance of a ski instructor at the time of the incident.
According to Sanderson’s complaint, he was allegedly running down the mountain to eat lunch at Montage Lodge in Deer Valley.
Deer Valley adheres to the National Ski Areas Association’s responsibility code, which states that downhill skiers have the right-of-way, but everyone must maintain control and be able to stop and avoid others.
