How have photographs of a plaintiff's injuries been used in a jury trial?

Having reviewed the photographs, we conclude that they are not so shocking as to have presented the danger of inflaming the jury's passions. See Rivers v. United States, 270 F.2d 435, 437 (9th Cir.1959), cert. denied, 362 U.S. 920 (1960). Furthermore, although physicians who treated the victim testified to the extent of his injuries, the introduction of the photographs was not unfairly cumulative. The photographs supplemented the physicians' testimony by allowing the victim to explain the details of what occurred, specifically to indicate the sequence and type of blows he received and their effect. This enabled the jury to assess the amount of force used and its reasonableness.