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 OPINION 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…