Denied.
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
MARCUS, J., not on panel.
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ for the following reasons.
The decision of the court of appeal to affirm the jury's $1.5 million general damage verdict, reduced in accordance with the statutory cap to $400,000, for the decedent's 20% lost chance of survival demonstrates the error of the majority in Smith v. State, 95-0038 (La.6/25/96),
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