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In the first day of trial the plaintiff's witness claims he heard a scream and looked over and THEN saw Paltrow plow into Sanderson - but it makes no sense to me that you hear a scream and then look over to see the accident take place a couple seconds AFTER the scream?! Makes zero sense to me

Really? You can’t imagine a scenario where someone yells a warning before a crash? I did it skiing on Thursday. ‘Hey on your right!’ Said loudly to get their attention through a helmet.

In this case, the plaintiff is saying that Paltrow was not looking where she was going - basically skied into the guy looking somewhere else so she wouldn't scream until she hits him. If the scream is from Sanderson and he is downhill and hit in the back, he also wouldn't scream until the collision...[/quote]

I would scream if someone was about to hit me but would scream "look out!" if I was about to hit someone. Also the injuries suggest a side impact, not hit from behind.[/quote]

But the story is that neither saw the impact coming...[/quote]

So? Maybe the witness is unreliable?[/quote]

I think she probably stopped unexpectedly to check on her kids and he, not expecting the stop, hit her. His story doesn't make sense to me. And, yes, age and angle of the hit could explain the difference in injuries. [/quote]

The problem is he has to prove that this happened. He's presenting his case, then she gets her chance and it comes down to what the jury believes. The witness may have a vested interest in pointing the finger at her. The jury might be able to see through that. Sometimes there are just accidents.[/quote]

It will come down to who was uphill, and it seems most likely it was him.[/quote]

Why do you think he was uphill?  If she ended up on top of him, she was likely uphill.

In my many years of skiing, once I was hit from behind by a young man.  It came out of nowhere for me and though he wasn't going fast enough to injure me, it hurt a lot, and I needed to take a moment to regroup while the guy apologized profusely.  The same thing happened to my 11 year old daughter this season, she was hit from behind, she had the wind knocked out of her and a nasty bruise on her cheek.

It's basically he-said she-said about who was uphill.  But I tend to believe him because

- he was the more injured one while she got up skied away after a few minutes.  IME the uphill skier are the ones who feel less impact and get less hurt.
- it is stated that she ended up on top of him - again, more likely if she was uphill.
- his friend stated she was uphill, but his friend may be biased.  The ski instructors said he was uphill, but they are say they didn't see it happen and they are also biased towards their client.  So these eyewitness accounts cancel each other out.[/quote]

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