Joyce B. Margarce

• Serving on a team of attorneys acting as national defense counsel in product liability litigation involving a life sustaining medical product.
• Obtaining a defense verdict representing a chemical company in a chemical exposure case.
• Obtaining a defense verdict representing an international chemical company in a premises liability case brought by a sub-contractor.
• Successfully obtaining summary judgment and later successfully arguing the appeal on behalf of an insurance company in a service mark infringement/duty to defend case.  Case reported at The Feed Store, Inc. v. Reliance Insurance Company, 774 S.W. 2d 73 (Tex. App.--Houston  [14th Dist.] 1989, writ denied).
• Obtaining a defense verdict for a medical device manufacturer against claims alleging the manufacturer’s hip implant was defective.
• Obtaining a defense verdict representing a medical device manufacturer in a lawsuit claiming the manufacturer’s fracture fixation device was defective.
• Leading a team in defending toxic tort exposure cases.
• Successfully obtaining summary judgment for medical products companies in several cases based on the Learned Intermediary Doctrine.
• Defending a trucking company in a personal injury matter while at the same time obtaining insurance coverage for the trucking company.
• Obtaining a favorable settlement for a sub-contractor whose claim was initially denied and who was facing bankruptcy due to the injury he sustained.
• Obtaining a defense verdict in a subrogation case arising from a house fire.
• Obtaining a favorable settlement for a business in a Deceptive Trade Practices Act claim against a sign company. 

Publications

• Joyce B. Margarce & Michelle R. Scheiffele, Is the Preemption Defense for PMA-Approved Medical Devices in Jeopardy? 75 Defense Counsel Journal 12 (January 2008).