Murchison & Cumming Attorneys Serve as Featured Speakers for Elevator Industry Event

May 19, 2009

Senior partner Guy R. Gruppie and associate Marieanne Zakarian were the featured speakers at the Elevator Industry Group (EIG) of Southern California meeting at historic Taix Restaurant in Los Angeles, on May 19, 2009. The presentation, entitled "Minimizing Your Chances of Being Sued and Maximizing Your Chances of Winning if You Are," was presented to a group of industry representatives from elevator and escalator companies both large and small. Event speakers presented attendees with information on tort law and California litigation trends, and risk management and related strategies to help prevent EIG members from being involved in litigation, but also to better position them if litigation were to ensue.

Murchison & Cumming, a member of the National Association of Elevator Contractors and the EIG, has a long track record of success in defending elevator and escalator accident cases and related commercial litigation. Mr. Gruppie has served as Southern California counsel for Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics, a worldwide leader in elevator and escalator innovation and manufacturing, for 10 years and oversees a team of lawyers with experience in such cases both in the defense of elevator and escalator companies, and property owners whose premises include vertical transportation.

About Murchison & Cumming, LLP

With a firm history dating to 1930, Murchison & Cumming, LLP is a premier civil litigation firm with five offices in California and Las Vegas, whose attorneys specialize in the defense of domestic and international businesses, insurers and individuals, at trial and on appeal. The Firm’s attorneys also handle employment matters and business transactions. For additional information, please visit our website at www.murchisonlaw.com.