Mason v. Lynch

The petition for a writ of certiorari in this negligence tort action presented a single question as follows:

“In a personal injury case arising from a motor vehicle accident, may a defendant place in evidence photographs showing minimal property damage and argue [in closing argument to the jury] that the photographs support an inference that the plaintiff was not injured, absent expert testimony establishing a correlation between property damage and personal injury?”

We granted the petition and shall hold that, under the circumstances of this case, the admissibility of the photographs was…