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Loss Of Potential Parenthood As A Statutory Solution To The Conflict Between Wrongful Death Remedies And Roe V. Wade, Erica Richards
Loss Of Potential Parenthood As A Statutory Solution To The Conflict Between Wrongful Death Remedies And Roe V. Wade, Erica Richards
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Denial Of Recovery To Nonresident Beneficiaries Under Washington's Wrongful Death And Survival Statutes: Is It Really Cheaper To Kill A Man Than To Maim Him?, Jonathan James
Seattle University Law Review
Although courts have expressed repugnance for discrimination against nonresidents as far back as the early 1900s and recognized that it was out of date even in their time, it is the refusal of Washington courts to question the constitutionality of such legislative enactments which has allowed this injustice to continue unabated for almost 100 years. It is time that the courts in Washington finally realize that such discriminatory legislation must succumb to the protections provided by both the United States and Washington Constitutions and find these statutes unconstitutional. To do otherwise would allow a tortfeasor an “undeserved and morbid windfall” …