The Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, has become the stage of a court case that has pitted Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow against Terry Sanderson, a 76-year-old retired optometrist. Sanderson claims that Paltrow caused a skiing accident in 2016 that left him with a brain injury, four broken ribs, and other serious injuries. Sanderson also alleges that Paltrow left the scene of the accident and that she was reckless and negligent while skiing.
The case began with the two parties making their opening statements, with Lawrence Buhler, Sanderson’s representative, accusing Paltrow of reckless skiing that caused his client’s injuries. Buhler also stated that Paltrow was “blindly” skiing down the mountain while looking somewhere else, which he described as reckless behavior. Stephen Owens, Paltrow’s attorney, argued that the accident was not caused by Paltrow’s negligence but was a result of Sanderson skiing recklessly and colliding with Paltrow.
