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RATIONAL SOFTWARE CORP. v. STERLING CORP.

No. 04-1607.

393 F.3d 276 (2005)

RATIONAL SOFTWARE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. STERLING CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 5, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Hurwitz with whom Cozen O'Connor was on brief, for appellant.

Lawrence F. Boyle with whom Richard M. Dohoney and Morrison Mahoney LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

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,...

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