Marilyn Scanlan Cayce
Attorney
Marilyn Scanlan Cayce is an experienced litigator who practices in the areas of complex commercial and civil litigation and insurance defense.
She brings decades of experience representing clients in mass torts, premises liability, catastrophic personal injury and property damage cases arising from:
- Chemical spills and releases
- Explosions
- Fires
- Industrial accidents
- Weather-related claims
- Vehicle and ship collisions
- Workplace accidents
Clients turn to Marilyn to assist them after these disasters. She manages the post-incident response with regulators and other stakeholders. She also prepares potential cases for trial with a keen eye on getting matters evaluated and tried or resolved as efficiently as possible.
Marilyn also practices in the area of insurance. She defends insurance carriers in first-party property disputes, bad faith claims and in general insurance liability cases.
Experience
- Coordinated and resolved several mass tort claims arising from a chemical release and exposure following an industrial accident and fire at a client’s chemical facility.
- Won affirmance from the Texas Court of Appeals that a plaintiff’s injury claims were barred by workers compensation following a fire that sickened two workers with carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Coordinated hurricane multidistrict litigation for a major insurance carrier.