Article: CSC squeezed by lender demand, economy; Strongsville software company hopes cash from potential investor can bring new life.(NEWS)

Byline: CHUCK SODER

One of Northeast Ohio's largest software companies is trying to get out of a financial jam sparked by one of its investors and intensified by the recession.

Computer Systems Co. of Strongsville is trying to close an investment that CEO Bill Zimmerman says would let the company pay off a lender that a year ago threatened legal action after Computer Systems would not allow the lender to call in its notes.

The software provider more than a year ago sought the protection of a court-appointed receiver in an effort to avoid a lawsuit from Smith Whiley & Co., an institutional investment advisory firm in Hartford, Conn.

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