THE FACES OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE--Mary Beth Lavender reacts to comments during a news conference, concerning opposition to placing caps on noneconomic damages on medical malpractice claims, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002. Ms. Lavender's daughter Michele was a victim of malpractice at age 5, since then she has had 13 surgeries to correct the orginal setting of a broken arm. The news conference was sponsored by Ohio Citizen Action. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)