Gwyneth Paltrow Experienced Firsthand: Victim Says He’s Now Unable to Enjoy Wine Tasting After Skiing Accident

When asked by Mr. Sanderson’s lawyer if there was any chance she thought he was nursing, Dr. Fung said, “Nothing at all.”

Dr. Fung described Mr. Sanderson as an exemplary patient who devoted 32 hours of his week to treatment. Sanderson’s cognitive skills and family life had been affected, she said, and by the time she began his treatment, his former enjoyment of life had “gone”.

Terry showed up to every appointment on time. Dr. Fung testified that he did his best.

“The treatment we’re doing is very intense, so it would require Terry to be on time every morning.”

“He was someone who didn’t want to get sick and was doing everything he could to make it better.”

Dr Fung testified Thursday that despite her optimism, there was significant concern that Mr Sanderson’s brain functions would not return to what they were before the accident.

“He worked really hard, he really did his best,” said Dr. Fung, who treated Mr. Sanderson for six years. “We’ve noticed some definite improvements but speaking to him now, knowing where he is now, it’s clear he’s still struggling.”

She added, “We’re getting to the point, I mean, he’s 76 years old, and I’m concerned that some of these issues are long-term.”

Dr. Alina Fung was the first witness called on the stand Thursday.

Dr. Fung said that before opening her clinic in Utah, she opened a practice in Boston in partnership with Tom Brady.

She testified that when she began treating Mr. Sanderson, he was suffering from persistent post-concussion symptoms a year and a half after the accident.

Mr. Sanderson claims that Ms. Paltrow was descending the novice slope of the Bandana Run on Flagstaff Mountain in an “out of control” manner, According to Court TV.

He claims she hit him so hard he got kicked out. In a press conference in 2019, he said that moments before the collision, “He heard this just hysterical screaming like… King Kong in the jungle or something”.

Terry Sanderson during a press conference in 2019

He said at the time that he believed the speed at which Ms. Paltrow was bitten could explain the extent of his injuries. “A small bullet can make a big hole,” he said Salt Lake Tribune.

At that press conference announcing the suit, Mr. Sanderson said he noticed a number of large “slow down” signs as he headed down the Bandana run, so he slowed but stayed with the stream of other skiers coming down the slope.

“It was just instantaneous,” he said in 2019. “I hurt my back. … I felt like it pushed me forward.”

He said he remembered not being able to control himself as he went down.

“Then that’s all I remember up to that point—just outside,” he said.

The retired ophthalmologist who took actor Gwyneth Paltrow on trial for a skiing collision has claimed he can no longer enjoy wine tasting due to the injuries he sustained in the crash.

Neuroradiologist Dr Wendell Gibby testified on Wednesday that the collision caused Terry Sanderson to “suddenly” suffer a severe decline in quality of life – leaving him unable to enjoy his recreational time.

“Terry was an energetic, high-functioning person…meetings with groups, wine tastings, skiing, volunteering,” she said.

“After the accident, his condition suddenly deteriorated and many activities that he loved to do, he stopped doing.”

The two daughters of the retired ophthalmologist suing Gwyneth Paltrow are expected to testify Thursday about the lasting effects of their father and the 2016 Paltrow ski collision as the trial takes an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings.

Lawyers are expected to call Polly Grasham and Shay Herath to the stand and question them about the broken ribs and permanent brain damage their father, Terry Sanderson, claims suffered after he and Paltrow crashed at one of North America’s most prestigious ski resorts seven years ago.

Neurologist Richard Boehm and Paltrow may also be called to testify on Thursday or Friday.

Wendell Gibby and Sam Goldstein – radiologists and neuropsychologists – testified on Wednesday.

Dr. Gibby and Dr. Goldstein previously appeared as expert witnesses for Sanderson, who said he suffered broken ribs and brain damage from the accident. Until now, lawyers have argued whether Sanderson’s medical problems were caused by the accident or if they were just a byproduct of aging.

“In the chronology, looking at all the records and assessing Mr. Sanderson, the only event that seemed to lead acutely to the symptoms he was displaying was this particular incident,” said Dr. Goldstein. Ski accident.

Both sides blame the other for the collision and claim they both crashed from behind, relying on a little-known Utah law that says whoever goes off the slopes has a right of way when skiing and snowboarding.

Paltrow’s attorneys asked Judge Kent Holmberg to enact special restraints during the actor-turned-wellness mogul’s trial, while she used a blue notebook to shield her face from view when entering and exiting the courtroom.