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A jury began deliberating Thursday afternoon in Gwyneth Paltrow's trial over a 2016 ski collision at a Utah resort.
The eight-person jury received the case following closing arguments in which attorneys delivered dueling versions of who was at fault in a crash that left retired optometrist Terry Sanderson with four broken ribs. Both sides have argued that their client was the downhill skier, making the other culpable according to a skier responsibility code.
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The closely watched trial over a 2016 ski collision between Gwyneth Paltrow and the retired optometrist suing her for the injuries he sustained is expected to draw to a close Thursday, when attorneys give closing arguments and send the case to the eight-member jury.
Terry Sanderson, 76, is suing Paltrow, claiming she skied out of control and crashed into him, leaving him with four broken ribs and a concussion with symptoms that have lasted years beyond the collision.
In a courtroom more packed Thursday than any other day of the trial, Sanderson's attorneys gave their closing arguments first. They tried to poke holes in Paltrow's testimony, arguing it was unlikely that someone could ski between another skier's two legs as she said. They also argued that she didn't deny watching her kids skiing the moment of the crash. They said the crash at Deer Valley Resort had changed the course of Sanderson's life.
"He never returned home that night as the same man. Terry has tried to get off that mountain but he's really still there," said Sanderson attorney Robert Sykes. "Part of Terry will forever be on that Bandana run."
After a judge dismissed his initial $3.1 million complaint, Sanderson amended and refiled the lawsuit seeking "more than $300,000" -- a threshold that that provides the opportunity to introduce the most evidence and depose the most witnesses allowed in civil court. In closing arguments, his attorneys estimated damages as more than $3.2 million.
Paltrow has countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.
Paltrow's defense team used most of their final full day in control of the witness stand to call medical experts to testify. Sanderson's attorneys are expected to begin on Thursday morning by recalling their medical experts to rebut claims made by Paltrow's. Each side will then have roughly one hour to give the jury their closing arguments.
Paltrow's attorneys are expected to continue their two-pronged approach, both arguing that the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer didn't cause the accident and that its effects aren't as bad as Sanderson claims. They've painted him as an "obsessed" man pushing "utter B.S." claims against someone whose fame makes them vulnerable to unfair, frivolous lawsuits.
In their closing arguments, Sanderson's team also noted how the man claiming to be the sole eyewitness testified to seeing Paltrow hit their client. Though they've tapped into themes including the power of fame throughout the trial, they said that the case ultimately wasn't about celebrity, but simply damages.
Sanderson testified Friday that he had continued to pursue damages seven years after the accident because the cascading events that followed -- his post-concussion symptoms and the accusation that he sued to exploit Paltrow's celebrity -- added insult to injury.
"That's the purpose: to make me regret this lawsuit. It's the pain of trying to sue a celebrity," he said on Wednesday in response to a question from his attorney about Paltrow's team probing his personal life, medical records and extensive post-crash international travel itinerary.
Though both sides have marshaled significant resources to emerge victorious, the verdict could end up being remembered as an afterthought dwarfed by the worldwide attention the trial has attracted. The amount of money at stake pales in comparison to the typical legal costs of a multiyear lawsuit, private security detail and expert witness-heavy trial.
With lengthy rosters of witnesses on call, attorneys have confronted difficult choices about how to juggle their hired experts with family members, doctors and testimony from Sanderson and Paltrow themselves.
Paltrow's defense team picked mostly experts to mount their final defense on Wednesday. They chose to call four medical experts to testify rather than Paltrow's husband, television producer Brad Falchuk.
In the final hour of their last full day to call witnesses, they called Sanderson back to the witness stand. A day earlier, they read depositions from Paltrow's two children -- Apple and Moses -- rather than calling them to testify as they earlier indicated they had planned.
Among the most bombshell testimony has been from Paltrow and Sanderson. On Friday members of the jury were riveted when Paltrow said on the stand that she initially thought she was being "violated" when the collision began. Three days later Sanderson gave an entirely different account, saying she ran into him and sent him "absolutely flying."
The trial has also shone a spotlight on Park City, known primarily as a ski resort that welcomes celebrities like Paltrow for each year's Sundance Film Festival.
Local residents have increasingly filled the courtroom gallery throughout the trial. They've nodded along as lawyers and witnesses have referenced local landmarks like Montage Deer Valley, the ski-side hotel-spa where Paltrow got a massage after the collision. At times they have appeared captivated by Paltrow's reactions to the proceedings, while at others they have mirrored the jury, whose endurance has been tested by hours of jargon-dense medical testimony.
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