THE FACES OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE--Michael Smith helps his wife Mindy, who is confined to a wheelchair, during a news conference concerning opposition to placing caps on noneconomic damages on medical malpractice claims, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002. Mindy is a victim of medical malpractice. The news conference was sponsored by Ohio Citizen Action. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)