UT - Gwyneth Paltrow sued over ski collision at Deer Valley Resort in 2016 - trial, March 2023 *GP Not Guilty*

[Weki]

Not only that but from GP’s perspective this man hit her - hurt her & disrupted her plans for the rest of the day with her kids & fiancé. Why would she want to take more time away from them to spend time with someone who plowed into her? Whether or not she was a famous actress who would want to that?

I agree. I was just highlighting the absurdity of the plaintiff’s neediness. Cause he brought up insult to injury in his testimony. Ramon said when he tried to talk to GP she walked off. They both said the instructor was cursing TS out. The way he described feeling abandoned up on the mountain and how no one helped him until Whitney his angel showed up…..he seemed to have forgotten about the ski patrol entirely. It just feels like he wanted attention from GP and had he received it he would’ve been mollified!

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[BUF]

I agree. I was just highlighting the absurdity of the plaintiff’s neediness. Cause he brought up insult to injury in his testimony. Ramon said when he tried to talk to GP she walked off. They both said the instructor was cursing TS out. The way he described feeling abandoned up on the mountain and how no one helped him until Whitney his angel showed up…..he seemed to have forgotten about the ski patrol entirely. It just feels like he wanted attention from GP and had he received it he would’ve been mollified!

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This witness is a doctor that suffered a stroke a while ago. I am actually very impressed with his knowledge, but unfortunately he still struggles with his speech.

 

[Marie Bell]

I have often thought that suit’s like this should have 2 phases - sort of like a criminal trial and sentencing hearing - the first phase should be who is at fault and the 2nd phase would be about the damages. If you believe, like I do, that they haven’t even come close to proving GP is at fault then none of the testimony regarding TPs issues after the skiing collusion would have even needed to be presented and this trial could have wrapped up in a day or two.

Can you imagine how much faster we could go towards unclogging the backlogs in the courts in civil trials if they had to prove fault before presenting any testimony/evidence of damages?

That's how we mostly do it in England. We don't have jury trials for this type of claim either. It's very weird to watch how it's being done in this trial.

 

[nodamselindistress]

The DR who suffered a stroke was IMHO a brilliant move by the Defense! Here is a man with a real, documented brain injury and he is limited in his speech but his knowledge is still there and he is still living life - not playing poor poor pitiful me like TS.

 

[NoSpoonFeeding]

Dr Edgley is famous for having had a stroke at age 28 while in medical school. He is an expert at stroke rehabilitation.

This witness is a doctor that suffered a stroke a while ago

Steven R. Edgley [u0403187]

healthcare.utah.edu

 

[Teche]

I agree. I was just highlighting the absurdity of the plaintiff’s neediness. Cause he brought up insult to injury in his testimony. Ramon said when he tried to talk to GP she walked off. They both said the instructor was cursing TS out. The way he described feeling abandoned up on the mountain and how no one helped him until Whitney his angel showed up…..he seemed to have forgotten about the ski patrol entirely. It just feels like he wanted attention from GP and had he received it he would’ve been mollified!

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Dr. Steven Edgley? He is a specialist who cares for patients with closed-head injuries both at the medical school and in private practice. He also had a debilitating stroke while doing an ophthalmology residency 20ish years ago. It changed his path.

 

[Weki]

So Keri Oaks testimony was a big fat nothing burger for the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s atty questioning her was desperate to get her to say GP was distracted and she never agreed with that. She said exactly what I was thinking, GP could see her kids in her periphery. That makes the most sense when skiing. She also said there was no one in their vicinity as they were all skiing!

 

[Weki]

I have been wondering who the female’s voice was that keeps inserting commentary and jokes throughout the trial and it’s the plaintiff’s female atty, Kristen. I have never seen a side commentary during a trial! I thought it was the court reporter. But no, I think it’s Kristen instructing attys and making jokes on the sidelines! What is going on??

 

[pentimento]

Maybe this is the highest-profile case that the plaintiff's law firm has ever hoped to have, so -- doomed or not -- they proceeded with this case for the national exposure. Seems like now they're just having fun with it. That's why there's five attorneys for the plaintiff. They all want their fifteen minutes of fame... JMO.

 

[aafromaa]

ok the guy reading the deposition while chewing gum is driving me nuts! Shame on you Mr Owens for letting him do this

 

[nodamselindistress]

ok the guy reading the deposition while chewing gum is driving me nuts! Shame on you Mr Owens for letting him do this

Now he just needs a cellphone in his hand and maybe a GoPro on his head, LMAO!!

 

[turaj]

This reading depos is really boring and jury has no option to evaluate the witness demeanor on the stand. I guess for the kids not that important. I am waiting for TS to get back on...tomorrow I guess.

 

[nodamselindistress]

Now we get Apple's depo read....this is bizarre

 

[turaj]

ok the guy reading the deposition while chewing gum is driving me nuts! Shame on you Mr Owens for letting him do this

no kidding....take the gum out!!!

 

[aafromaa]

This reading depos is really boring and jury has no option to evaluate the witness demeanor on the stand. I guess for the kids not that important. I am waiting for TS to get back on...tomorrow I guess.

For some reason I thought these were going to be video depos. I get they took the kids out of school on the day they thought they would testify and didn’t want to do it again but this is a waste of time in my opinion.

 

[BUF]

I have been wondering who the female’s voice was that keeps inserting commentary and jokes throughout the trial and it’s the plaintiff’s female atty, Kristen. I have never seen a side commentary during a trial! I thought it was the court reporter. But no, I think it’s Kristen instructing attys and making jokes on the sidelines! What is going on??

Not only Kristen and her commentary, but all of these lawyers seem to just spit out something whenever they want to. I have honestly never seen a courtroom like this before.

 

[Chelly]

This is an unusual trial.

 

[ilovewings]

Not only Kristen and her commentary, but all of these lawyers seem to just spit out something whenever they want to. I have honestly never seen a courtroom like this before.

It is a shame people who are not familiar with the court system will think this is the way these trials are conducted and nothing could be further from the truth. This trial is a hot mess. This trial is off the rails.

 

[Cool Cats]

It is a shame people who are not familiar with the court system will think this is the way these trials are conducted and nothing could be further from the truth. This trial is a hot mess. This trial is off the rails.

The plaintiff's attorney making these kinds of remarks is unprofessional and shows she is playing to the camera.

Tipping, shoes, her own height and shrinking, most expensive ski suit, small but mighty - no your not small ......just off the top of my head there is more....

Totally cringe worthy attorney.

@#$%& show

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[Iwondertoo]

It is a shame people who are not familiar with the court system will think this is the way these trials are conducted and nothing could be further from the truth. This trial is a hot mess. This trial is off the rails.

I've only really payed attention to this trial in the last few days.

I've never seen such a casual trial where the defendant and plaintiff wander in and out and leave it to their attorneys to defend. It's like both Paltrow and Sanderson are just bit players for their attorneys presentation of the case. From what I've seen, there is rarely interaction between the lawyers and their patron, on either side.

It's interesting you say this trial is a hot mess. I looked at this trial as a normal way to conduct such a trial in Utah. Now that you've mentioned that, I'll look at it differently.