A medical expert at the Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial says the man she allegedly hit suffered such a blow that he can no longer do the things he enjoys, including wine tastings and spending time with loved ones.
Dr. Wendell Gibby, a neuroradiology specialist at the University of California, San Diego, said Dr. Terry Sanderson, 76, showed signs of traumatic brain damage that altered his behavior after Paltrow, 50, allegedly ran into him on a ski slope at the Deer Valley Resort, in Utah, on Feb. 26, 2016.
“Terry had been a high-functioning active person,” Gibby told the court on Wednesday. “Every day he was doing lots of things. Meeting groups, wine tasting, skiing, volunteering.
“After the accident, he deteriorated abruptly and many of the activities he loved to do, he stopped doing.”
Sanderson, a retired optometrist, claims his way of life was permanently derailed after Paltrow allegedly slammed into him and fled the scene. Paltrow, however, claims Sanderson was the one who crashed into her.
She sat quietly in the Park City Court on Wednesday with a button-down cream sweater, brown corduroy pants and her hair tied back as she sipped on green juice. She remained on her phone and appeared to be texting during Gibby’s testimony.
Gibby said that while Sanderson appeared to pass all…
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