Legal Opinion
Rational Software v. Sterling Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 5, 2005No. 04-1607PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
On February 1, 2001, Rational Software, a California company, hired Sterling Corporation, a Massachusetts company, to move a computer disk array (“computer”) between two of Rational’s Massachusetts facilities. The computer weighed 1540 pounds and was worth $250,000. Sterling’s employees broke the computer during the move. Invoking diversity jurisdiction, Rational sued Sterling to recover the value of the computer. After a short bench trial, the district court entered judgment in favor of Rational for $924 after finding that the parties had agreed to limit Sterling’s…
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