What made Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski crash trial so fascinating

There is nothing noteworthy about a ski-and-run trial — until a celebrity is attached to it.

When that celebrity happens to be one who won an Academy Award for “Shakespeare in Love,” and is the founder of Goop, a wellness and lifestyle company plagued with a string of controversies, then the trial becomes even more intriguing.

After eight days of arguments, the eight-member jury agreed on Thursday that Gwyneth Paltrow was not liable for a 2016 ski collision with a man who claims she careened into him on a bunny slope in Utah. As thousands...