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Putting a price on malpractice The cap on pain and suffering thats part of President Bushs health plan has its share of critics and supporters. Steve Charbonneau lost his kidney after a surgical error and asks, is that consequence worth only $250,000? Special interests eye high court race Powerful special-interest groups appear poised to spend large sums of money to influence the outcome of the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court. Medical apologies open door to doctor-patient communication Im sorry. Some say those two little words can go a long way in fostering communication between physicians and their patients when something goes amiss. But health-care providers in Nebraska, North Dakota, Iowa and 18 other states have had no assurance that such apologies would not be used against them in a medical-malpractice case. Extreme Court Part 2 The embattled Michigan Supreme Court made national headlines last week with the justices holding a public hearing on how to punish justices who talked out of school. Not surprisingly the majority will make its decision behind closed doors. Melinn: State Supreme Court justice’s theatrics bury valid point It’d be easy to call Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Weaver “crazy” and be done with it. Here’s a woman who two years ago announced that she was stepping down from the bench only 25 months into her final eight-year term as a statement against Michigan’s term limits law. Fincher Guilty In Machine Gun Case It took a jury just under five hours to find Hollis Wayne Fincher guilty of owning illegal machine guns and a sawed-off shotgun. People making news Rob Griswold of Eaton Rapids, Gary A. Salata of Canton and Steven J. Szerlag of Livonia have joined Neumann/Smith Architecture in Southfield. Griswold is construction services coordinator. He has 22 years of experience. Salata and Szerlag are project architects. Salata has worked more than 20 years in educational, municipal and commercial projects and Szerlag has more than 10 years of experience ... Heart surgeon faces criminal charges Alex Zakharia, 68, a Miami-Dade heart surgeon for more than 30 years, is facing criminal charges in Detroit for perjury and fraud. INSERTING and REPLACING 34 Ulmer & Berne LLP Attorneys Chosen as Ohio Super Lawyers for 2007 CLEVELAND----Insert after the headline the following subhead: Distinctions Include One Top 10, Three Top 100, and One Top 50 Woman in the State of Ohio 34 Ulmer & Berne LLP Attorneys Chosen as Ohio Super Lawyers for 2007 CLEVELAND----Ulmer & Berne LLP, a major Ohio-based law firm with four offices throughout the Midwest, announced today that 34 of its attorneys have been selected as Ohio Super Lawyers for 2007. | ||