Gwyneth Paltrow trial – live: Victim says he is now unable to enjoy wine tastings after ski collision
23.03.2023 - 16:59
/ msn.com
LIVE – Updated at 13:19The retired optometrist who has taken actor Gwyneth Paltrow to trial over a ski collision has claimed he can no longer enjoy wine tastings because of injuries sustained in the collision. The Hollywood star and Goop CEO has been accused of crashing into Terry Sanderson, 76, on a ski slope at the Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah, in February 2016. Mr Sanderson claims Paltrow slammed into him in a “full body hit” leaving him with “permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement”.
Meanwhile, Paltrow claims it was Ms Sanderson who crashed into her. Neuro-radiology expert Dr Windell Gibby testified on Wednesday that the collision caused him to “abruptly” suffer a sharp decline in quality of life – leaving him unable to enjoy his pasttimes. “Terry had been a high-functioning, active person.
. . Meeting groups, wine tasting, skiing, volunteering,” she said.
“After the accident, he deteriorated abruptly and many of the activities he loved to do, he stopped doing. ”Mr Sanderson is seeking $300,000 from Paltrow while she is seeking $1 in damages and for her legal fees to be covered. Wendell Gibby and Sam Goldstein — a radiologist and neuropsychologist — testified on Wednesday.
Dr Gibby and Dr Goldstein have previously appeared as expert witnesses for Sanderson, who has said he broke ribs and sustained brain damage from the crash. Thus far, attorneys have argued over whether Sanderson’s medical problems stemmed from the crash or were merely a byproduct of ageing. “In a chronology, looking at all the records and evaluating Mr Sanderson, the one event that would appear to acutely lead to the symptoms he was presenting is
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