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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow won her case this week against Terry Sanderson for a ski collision in 2016.
During the case, eldest the actress' child Apple Martin gave a moving testimony, where she claimed her worry over seeing her mother upset after the accident. Apple told the court she had "never seen her shaken up like that" and was "concerned" for her mother.
Her younger brother Moses Martin also gave testimony and claimed his mother was laying on the ground for "two minutes" after the collision with Sanderson.
Paltrow's legal counsel Steve Owens also referenced her children in his closing speech to the jury before they filed in favour of Paltrow after just two hours of deliberation.
Gwyneth's eldest daughter Apple Martin gave a statement during the case (Instagram)In her statement, which was read out for legal teams in court, Apple said she heard a "commotion" on the slope before skiing down for lunch.
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Apple, now 18, said: "[My mother] told us what happened… She came in and I noticed she looked a bit shocked, and I asked what happened and she said 'this a-hole ran into me, he ran right into my back'.
"She was in a state of shock and she decided after that she was not going to ski for the rest of the day which she never does.
"She always stays on, but she was in shock and a bit of pain."
Asked if she had been concerned about her mother, Apple replied: "Yes."
Gwyneth's son Moses Martin also gave testimony (Instagram)She added: "I had never seen her shaken up like that and she was very clearly visibly upset and she had some sort of pain… she was in a little bit of pain and I remember that’s why she went to the spa to get a massage.
"I remember she was very frantic. She was in a state of shock, she was very upset."
Moses, who was nine at the time of the incident, said he remembered seeing his mother on the ground for "a while" and heard her swearing at Mr Sanderson.
In his statement, he explained: "I saw my mother and a person behind her who had crashed.
"I was standing around [and] I realised it was my mother – when I skied over I heard my mom yelling at the guy. She was saying something along the lines of 'what the f word'.
"I believe she was on the ground lying down."
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Gwyneth Paltrow has said she is "pleased with the outcome" of her 2016 ski collision lawsuit where her children gave evidence (Getty)Asked if his mother had got up after the collision, Moses answered: "Yes, but not for a while… two minutes."
Paltrow's lawyer Steve Owens told the jury as he summed up at the end of the case how the actress took the case to court to set an example to her children.
He said: "It takes a lot of courage does it not?
"(Mr Sanderson’s) life has been laid open – that’s because of him. He hit her. He hurt her and he wants three million dollars for it.
"That’s not fair. The easy thing for my client would have been to write a cheque and be done with it – but what does that tell her kids?"
He added: "It’s wrong, it’s actually wrong that he hurt her and he wants money from her."
After the trial went in Paltrow's favour, she said she was "pleased with the outcome".
She said: "I felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised my integrity.
"I am pleased with the outcome and I appreciate all of the hard work of Judge Holmberg and the jury, and thank them for their thoughtfulness in handling this case."