LIVE Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Crash Trial | Deer Valley Witnesses Testify | Afternoon Session | Day 5

As an ex-ski patroler and ski instructor I am finding GP and her witnesses much more credible. You have no idea who is on the mountain at any given time especially a place like Deer Valley that is a destination for many "celebs". A patroler on a busy day will respond to multiple incidents through-out day. Many of those are minor, people get back on their skiis and off they go. Unless there is something unusual about it or some kind of red flag you just move on. You can only go by what you observe and what they tell you. You can not force someone to admit to something they don't want to tell you. More serious accidents are another matter. I have had person with a broken femur initially not feel it and complained about other issues. Adrenaline can mask things intially. So can intoxicants. I wonder if Terry had been drinking on that day? As a patroller if you come across an incident where someone has been knocked out. They are going to be put in a cervical collar and a backboard and either put in an ambulance or air lifted to the nearest appropriate hospital. The ski instructor's description of their process going down the hill matched up to my experience and with PSIA teaching technics. His description of the skiing patterns were informative. Short radias turns help keep speed in check and you take up less of the run. Short radias turns require you to really keep you eyes and upper body facing down the slope. So, pretty hard to hit someone unless they slide right in front of you. The large radius turns are used when you want to fly down the slope i.e., go fast. As a ski instructor part of the process is using your peripheral vision / situational awareness - you do your best to be aware of what is going on around you. Another thing, on a slope, if you are hit from behind the persons skis generally hit you first which in turn pushes your skis and legs down the slope thus the bodies fall uphill. The description Terry gives would mean GB was traveling at very high rate of speed. That does not match up to one, her skiing ability, and more importanly the fact that she was maintaining pace with the lesson which usually are not moving that fast, with frequest stops to give instructions and feed back and it sounds like the kids where beginners. And, unless he had the DIN on his bindings set irrationally high, his (and her) skis should have released with his version of the event. Anyway that is my 2 cents worth, it may or may not be useful!

TS is pretty good at remembering detailed details when it’s good for him and can’t remember anything when the truth could harm him. Amazingly his daughter is just like him.

It’s so hard to avoid people on a busy slope having 2 good eyes! Can’t imagine the literal blind spots if you only one eye!

I just wanted to drop a comment and say how nice this community is, and how fun it is watching this with you all. I don’t think I could watch this at all without Emily and the Law Nerds :) 💜💜💜💜💜

Love how judge just shuts Owens down when he whines. Your line up and how long you take is on you basically. Lol 😂

I really wish James could do the rest of the exam and cross exams.. It's so much easier to listen to!!

1:53:00 The fear & urgency in Eric's voice when he answered was hilarious. Gwenyth Paltrow doesn't allow her children to eat candy!!

Can't help thinking of Natasha Richardson's accident. She told ski patrol that she was fine, and passed away from her brain injury.

I want to comment about being monocular. For as long as I can remember, I have been monocular. I wouldn’t know what it’s like to be binocular. If you are monocular, you cannot judge distance. So if makes sense to me how he says “she suddenly appeared to be in front of me” as that is what he sees. This really needs to be brought up. Btw, I am over 60 years old.

"Ms. Paltrow doesn't go down the hill screaming." -Christiansen 🤣