COMPUTER SYSTEMS OF AMERICA v. UNUM LIFE INS.

No. 92-1087.

975 F.2d 922 (1992)

COMPUTER SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas G. Moxham with whom Geoffrey R. Bok, and Lane & Altman, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Evan R. Chesler with whom Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, Arnold P. Messing, Kevin J. Lesinski, and Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellee International Business Machines Corp.

Barbara H. Furey, Asst. Gen. Counsel, UNUM Life Ins. Co. of America, Portland, Me., with whom Marjorie R. Summers, and Craig and Macauley, P.C., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellee UNUM Life Ins. Co.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Computer Systems of America, Inc. ("CSA") initiated the present action in Suffolk Superior Court against UNUM Life Insurance Company ("UNUM"), claiming that UNUM had converted computer equipment which CSA had acquired by accession either under the terms of its computer lease with UNUM or under the common law doctrine of accession.1 The complaint alleged that accession occurred as a consequence of a reconfiguration...

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