LEAR SIEGLER, INC. v. SEALY MATTRESS CO. OF MICH.

Nos. 88-1540, 88-1562.

873 F.2d 1422 (1989)

LEAR SIEGLER, INC., Plaintiff/Cross-Appellant, v. SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF MICHIGAN, INC., Hoover Universal, Inc. and Hoover Group, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1989.

Suggestion for Rehearing Declined June 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernie L. Brooks, Brooks and Kushman, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiff/cross-appellant. With him on the brief was Mark A. Cantor, Southfield, Mich.

Roy E. Hofer, Willian Brinks Olds Hofer Gilson and Lione, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants. With him on the brief were David A. Anderson and Michael H. Baniak, Chicago, Ill.

Before FRIEDMAN and MICHEL, Circuit Judges, and SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc Declined June 30, 1989.

MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

Sealy Mattress Company of Michigan, Inc., Hoover Universal, Inc., and Hoover Group, Inc. (Sealy) appeal the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Civil Action No. 84-CV-75319-DT (August 21, 1987), entered in response to a jury verdict that the claims of the patents in suit are infringed under the doctrine of equivalents by Sealy. The...

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