Rosemarie Satterfield, as Representative of the Estate of Jerrold Braley v. Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., Individually and as Successor to Mundet Cork Corporation

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-04-00518-CV

Rosemarie Satterfield, as Representative of the Estate of

Jerrold Braley, Deceased, Appellant

v.

Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., Individually and as Successor to

Mundet Cork Corporation, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 98TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. GN403145, HONORABLE PETER M. LOWRY, JUDGE PRESIDING

O P I N I O N

The issue presented is whether a statute that extinguishes a litigant's right to pursue an accrued and pending common law cause of action--without providing a grace period--transcends the legislature's power.…