Celebrity skier being sued after a sking hit & run with an optometrist

hollydolly said:
3.1 million not 31 Million....

She's such a Madam... it's clear she crashed into him, but even in court she's acting the Diva and getting her lawayers to demand that the court cameras ''get out of her face''!!
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My bad not DOTing my EYEs and crossing my Ts

I can't believe the amount of coverage this is getting but she is turning it into a production.
 

The details in the story are a little different than the click-bait headlines.

Paltrow's legal team also claimed Sanderson "told his doctor ... one year [before the ski accident] that he was blind in his right eye and his "his vision in his left eye was decreasing." They also said Sanderson's "doctor conducted neuropsychological testing that did not demonstrate any deficits in his cognitive functioning."

Paltrow's countersuit seeks attorney fees and a symbolic $1 in damages.

Sanderson's initial lawsuit was dropped and his complaint was amended to seek $300,000 instead of $3 million. The Utah resort and Paltrow's ski instructor were both removed from the lawsuit.
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Jules said:
The details in the story are a little different than the click-bait headlines.
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Paltrow is sitting like a hen on an Easter egg clucking about ''Only suing for $1''... when in actual fact , she's the one who caused the damage, by crashing into the guy.. so she shouldn't be claiming a single penny

There's been eye witnesses, giving evidence who saw the whole thing and described it in detail... and a radiographer who said that there's no question that the person who was injured was Sanderson , who showed injuries caused by being hit hard ..... and that Miss Paltrow clearly crashed into him.. Sanderson had in fact sued for 3.1 million in the first lawsuit ( this happened in 2016).. but this was altered to $300, 000
 
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Since he was originally suing for $3Million and changed it to $300,000, it doesn’t seem like he feels solid about his case. Paltrow is likely paying her lawyers much more than this. It would have been easier to settle.

I’m not following the case or any details. I do know as a former skier that I hit someone who was very careless and he was 100% in the wrong. Just because someone does the hitting, that doesn’t mean they were in the wrong. Wonder how many skiers are on the jury.
 
Jules said:
Wonder how many skiers are on the jury.
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In Utah a lot of people ski, maybe more than half, so probably some.

I skied when I was younger, got hit and hit others a number of times, no one ever worried much about fault we'd just check on each other and then go back to skiing. However I don't think anyone was ever injured. The people I saw injured usually were just victims of falls, one person accidents.
WhatInThe said:
Paltrow using an animation in her defense.
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Hopefully the jury will understand that is just a self-serving cartoon and not real evidence as to what happened.
 
I've watched it a little on Court TV. I think the plaintiff's lawyer saw the possibility of a big payday and proposed that they sue Miss Paltrow and she will settle out of court to avoid publicity. Wrong! The plaintiff is blind in one eye and suffers from age related problems and not the collision, so in my view he slammed into her.
 
It's not really difficult to see who's wrong.
You guys may remember Michael Jackson being charged with child molesting. I wasn't sure if he was guilty or not......UNTIL he paid the accuser's parents 23 million dollars with 5 million going to the attorney. If he wasn't guilty, he wouldn't have paid.

Ms. Paltrow is probably not at fault. If she paid anything to settle, she would appear at fault. Maybe she might have paid the guy's medical bills if he didn't blame her.
 
As a long time snow skiing enthusiast, I'm an active member of the largest skiing enthusiast web board. There is a thread on the court case and although members were tentative in opinions when the trial began, at this point skiers overwhelmingly believe Paltrow has made her case. I personally have not bothered to watch any of the case that is online nor read youtube commenters. Generally non-skiers opinions probably are not very objective and also there are many foul mouth low intelligence pinheads and juveniles that tend to post one line online comments on any popular news. The plaintiff's legal team has been caught in obvious untruths that tends to make anything they relate suspect and paints them as having an agenda of shaking down a rich celebrity. The ski instructor as an essentially expert witness was believable that effectively destroys the narrative she was reckless as stupidly claimed.
 
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I'm not a big Gwyneth Paltrow fan, but I saw a brief news clip where her attorney asked the "victim" how many places he had traveled to after his injuries. He admitted to going to Central America and Europe, to name a couple. He also admitted to zip-lining. He said this was all recommended "therapy" by his doctor. He doesn't sound like he was that injured.

I think Gwyneth's egg popped out because she was so delighted. 🤣
 
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Lee said:
She was a gracious winner when she wished him well. And I have a funny feeling she will not make him pay her court costs.
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I hope she does make hime pay, though not likely he can. IMO, it was to set an example for other celebrities not to ‘blackmail’ them because it’s easier for them to pay than waste time in court.
 

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