1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.3d
  4. 268 S.W.3d
  5. 268 S.W.3d 190 (2008)
 

SATTERFIELD v. CROWN CORK & SEAL CO., INC.

No. 03-04-00518-CV.

268 S.W.3d 190 (2008)

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.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled October 7, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah G. Hankinson, Elana S. Einhorn, Law Offices of Deborah Hankinson, P.C., Dallas, Jeffery Mundy, Michael Singley, Mundy & Singley, L.L.P., Austin, for appellant.

Thomas R. Phillips, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Austin, David Lyman Crump, University of Houston Law Center, Kimberly Stuart, Frank G. Harmon III, Crain, Caton & James, P.C., Houston, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices PATTERSON and HENSON.

OPINION

JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.

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. Within that context, does the presumption of a statute's constitutionality survive an express prohibition of the Texas Constitution? Appellant Rosemarie...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases