Los Angeles (USA) (EFE) a first moment of having caused the collision.
The jury deliberated that Terry Sanderson was “100%” at fault and that he would have to pay a dollar, which was what the “Shakespeare in Love” actress had asked for, as compensation for economic damages. Sanderson sued the interpreter for $300,000.
Paltrow received the news without making any gesture, while the optometrist looked rueful.
The trial came to an end after eight intense days in which witnesses and plaintiffs gave their testimonies.
Terry Sanderson’s lawsuit against Gwyneth Paltrow
Paltrow received a lawsuit from Sanderson in 2019, alleging that she collided with him from behind when the two were skiing on a slope at Deer Valley Resort, in the US state of Utah, in 2016.
The man claimed that the Oscar winner had skied “recklessly.”
And that the accident left him with a concussion, four broken ribs and a lasting brain injury, in addition to changes in his personality that affected his daily life.
Paltrow’s version was completely opposite to that of the 76-year-old man, as he assured that he was enjoying a day of skiing with his family when he felt an impact on his back that knocked him to the ground.
On numerous occasions, Sanderson claimed that he was the one who suffered the blow and that he had “flyed away”, becoming unconscious once he fell to the ground.
The verdict
This Thursday, as the final witness in the case, Sanderson’s team called neurologist Richard Boehme to testify by phone and after being questioned by Paltrow’s lawyers, he assured that it was impossible for Sanderson to have been able to “fly away” from a ski hit.
“The skier who hit him from behind would have to have gone more than 80 or 100 kilometers per hour, which seems very unlikely to me unless he is an Olympic downhill skier,” he said minutes before the verdict offered by the jury. .
The case became very popular on social networks, where some statements that occurred during the trial, which was broadcast live by the YouTube account Law & Crime Networks, were dismissed as absurd.