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Date: 03-30-2023
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Judge: Not available
Court: District Court, Summit County, Utah
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Defendant's Attorney: Steve Owens
Description: Park City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a general negligence theory claiming that she failed to exercise due care while skying and as a result she ran into him injuring him.
Defendant counterclaimed on a negligence theory claiming $1 in damages.
The accident involving Sandrs and Paltrow occurred on February 26, 2016, at Deer Valley Ski Resort in Utah.
Sanderson's original complaint, filed in January 2019, accused Paltrow of having "skied out of control" into Sanderson and "knocking him down hard, knocking him out, and causing a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries." It was amended down to $300,000.
Paltrow counterclaimed asserting that Sanders ran into her.
Sanders, age 71, a retired optometrist. claimed that he suffered brain damage that affects his speech.
Outcome: Defendant's verdict finding Plaintiff 100% at fault and awarding her $1.
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