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VISKASE CORP. v. AMERICAN NAT. CAN CO.

No. 93 C 7651.

979 F.Supp. 697 (1997)

VISKASE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

September 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy E. Hofer, William H. Frankel, Robert W. Stevenson, Allan J. Sternstein, Andrew D. Stover, Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, Chicago, IL, David I. Herbst, Allan S. Brilliant, Harold David Israel, Holleb & Coff, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Jeffrey D. Colman, William Denby Heinz, Barry Levenstam, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Harry J. Roper, Steven Raymond Trybus, Sarah Lynn Taylor, Roper & Quigg, Chicago, IL, Douglas W. Wyatt, Thomas A. O'Rourke, Frederick J. Dorchak, Joseph C. Kirincich, John C. Todaro, Wyatt, Gerber, Burke & Badie, New York, NY, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

A jury awarded Viskase Corporation $102,384,681 in damages for infringement of plaintiff's patents. The jury ruled that the infringement was willful. Viskase now asks that I award treble damages and attorneys' fees based on the finding of willfulness. American National Can Company (ANC), the defendant, seeks judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial on various grounds. The various...

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