Associated Press


January 5, 2003 at 12:00a.m.


Associated Press
TAKING LEAVE: Dr. Robert Zaleski stands in the emergency room of Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, W.Va. Zaleski is one of the surgeons taking a leave of absence to protest the high cost of malpractice insurance. He settled four claims totaling $950,000 between 1993 and 1998, including one alleging he operated on the wrong knee.