Murchison & Cumming Attorneys Named National Product Liability Counsel For Fuji USA, Inc.

October 24, 2007

Murchison & Cumming Senior Partner Guy R. Gruppie and Senior Associate Eric P. Weiss have been named National Product Liability Litigation Counsel for Fuji Film USA, Inc., based in Valhalla, N.Y. Fuji Film, Ltd. is the parent company of Fuji USA and is the world's largest manufacturer of film and printing materials. Gruppie and Weiss, who are members of Murchison & Cumming's Products Liability Department, will continue to represent Fuji in all California matters and in products cases filed in several other states/jurisdictions.

Murchison & Cumming first began representing Fuji in 2001 and has obtained a number of favorable case outcomes for Fuji in that period. One of the cases, Morris v. Agfa Corporation (2006) 144 Cal. App.4th 1452, resulted in a published opinion where the claims against Fuji where dismissed on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Senior Partner, Edmund G. Farrell led the representation of Fuji, and all defendants, on appeal.

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