utah skiers have likely noticed signs at mountain resorts across the country saying know the code they refer to universal rules of conduct that apply to people who partake in inherently risky snow sports that involve navigating down crowded slopes often at high speeds but whether they actually understand the code is another question for those unfamiliar with skiing and snowboarding its likely something theyve never heard ofread alsogwyneth paltrow quizzed about friendship with taylor swift as she takes the stand in utah ski collision casegwyneth paltrow insisted friday on the witness stand that a ski collision at an upscale utah ski resort in 2016 wasnt her fault claiming the man suing her had run into her from behindgwyneth paltrows lawyer asks about missing gopro video in skicollision casegwyneth paltrows attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actorturnedlifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing gopro camera footage that they called the most important piece of evidence at trial thursdaygwyneth paltrows lawyer calls utah ski collision story utter bs alleges man is overstating his injuries and trying to exploit actress wealthsanderson is suing paltrow for 300000 claiming that the accident in park city was a result of negligence and left him with physical injuries and emotional distress on ski slopes utah law gives the skier who is downhill the right of way so a central question in the case is who was fartherthats all changing as actorgwyneth paltrows highly publicized ski collision trial is livestreamed from the courtroom the actorturnedlifestyleinfluencer was accused of crashing into a fellow skier during a 2016 family trip to the upscale skiersonly deer valley resort in utah the celebrity trial is on day six and expected to conclude thursday for a week the trial has shone a spotlight on the unspoken rules that govern behaviour on the slopes testimony has repeatedly touched on skiers etiquette especially sharing contact information after a collision and ski turn radiuses in the most highprofile ski collision trial in recent history there are about a hundred coderelated lawsuits playing out now outside the spotlight most cases are settled before going to trial throughout paltrows trial the word uphill has emerged as synonymous with guilty as attorneys have focused on one of the codes main tenets the skier who is downhill or ahead on a slope has the right of way rather than focus solely on the question of who hit who attorneys have questioned nearly every witness from paltrows private ski instructors to doctors for the man suing paltrow about which skier was downhill at the time of the collision after initially suing paltrow for 31 million retired optometrist terry sanderson is now suing for at least 300000 in damages paltrow has countersued for 1 and attorney fees claiming sanderson ran into her in court attorneys on both sides have repeated the term downhill to try to persuade the jury that their client had the right of way the question has