USX Corporation, et al. v. Tieco, Inc., et al.

In its Special Verdict, the Jury found as follows:

1. Plaintiff USX Corporation, in violation of Alabama law, engaged in a civil
conspiracy with the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Alabama to unlawfully use
the criminal process against Defendant TIECO to enhance its position in this civil case,
and/or to utilize a search warrant to obtain the Defendant TIECO’s business records and then
to turn those records over to USX for its use in this case.

2. Plaintiff USX Corporation, acting under color of the authority of the State
of Alabama by the authority conferred the Office of the Attorney General of Alabama,
intentionally deprived Defendant TIECO of its federal constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983.

3. Plaintiff USX Corporation maliciously prosecuted Defendant TIECO.

4. Plaintiff USX Corporation abused one or more of the processes of court, in
violation of Defendant TIECO’s rights under Alabama law.

5. Plaintiff USX Corporation defamed Defendant TIECO.

6. Plaintiff USX Corporation intentionally interfered with the business
relationships of Defendant TIECO.

7. Plaintiff USX Corporation defamed Defendant Fletcher Yeilding.

8. Defendant TIECO suffered compensatory damages in the amount of Three
Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,400,000.00) as a proximate result of Plaintiff
USX’s violation of various laws of the State of Alabama.

9. For USX Corporation’s violation of TIECO’s rights under the laws of
Alabama, TIECO is entitled to One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars
($1,700,000.00) as punitive damages.

10. For USX Corporation’s intentional violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, TIECO
is entitled to One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,700,000.00).

11. Defendant Fletcher Yeilding suffered One Hundred Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($125,000) in compensatory damages as a proximate result of USX’s
defamation.

12. Defendant Fletcher Yeilding is entitled to Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000.00) as punitive damages.

Based on the findings of the Jury, as embodied in its Special Verdict,
judgments as a matter of law previously dictated into the record at the close of the evidence,
and the contemporaneous Memorandum Opinion, FINAL JUDGMENT is hereby entered
as follows:

1. Plaintiff Heatherwood Golf Club, Inc., shall have and recover nothing of
the Defendants.

2. The claims of Plaintiff USX Corporation against Defendants TIECO, Inc.,
and ATOZ Management, Inc., are hereby DISMISSED, with prejudice, as a sanction.

3. Defendant/counterclaimant TIECO, Inc., shall have and recover from
Plaintiff/counterdefendant USX Corporation the sum of Three Million Four Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($3,400,000.00) as compensatory damages and Three Million Four
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,400,000.00) as punitive damages.

4. Defendant/counterclaimant FLETCHER YEILDING shall have and recover
from Plaintiff/counterdefendant USX Corporation the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($125,000.00) as compensatory damages and Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) as punitive damages.

5. On its claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Defendant/counterclaimant
TIECO is entitled to a reasonable attorney’s fee, to be hereafter set by the Court in the
absence of agreement between the parties. Within fifteen (15) days of the date of this Order,
counsel for TIECO shall file a statement of their hours expended, services rendered, expenses
incurred, and fee demanded on the civil rights claim. The Court shall subsequently set down
the matter for hearing.

The costs of this action are hereby taxed against Plaintiff USX Corporation.

Judgment in favor of Defendant on Defendant's counterclaim in the amount of $3.4 million in compensatory damages and $3.4 million in punitive damages.

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