Demetrios C Batsides

May 11, 2016 | New Jersey Law Journal

Because it is widely recognized that potential recovery is far greater in New Jersey for wrongful-birth and wrongful-life claims, this state has emerged as the preferred venue for such cases, over New York or Pennsylvania.

By Demetrios C. Batsides and Melissa S. Geller

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February 11, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Nov. 14, 2012, inSernovitz v. Dershaw, 2012 Pa. Super. 248 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2012), the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that 42 Pa.S.C.A. § 8305, which prohibited the tort claims of wrongful birth and wrongful life, was unconstitutional because the manner in which the bill was enacted violated Article III, Section 3 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. Specifically, the Superior Court held that Section 8305 violated the single-subject rule, which requires that a bill address a single subject that is clearly expressed in its title.

By Demetrios C. Batsides and Stephanie Sgambati

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