We only asked the jury for $339,000 in our closing argument; they gave us three times more.

Our contention is that they kept telling us that they couldn't pay us because they haven't gotten payment. They said that they intended to end to the contract, and then we stopped providing our services.

The jury clearly knew that the Plano Surgery Center was guilty here and wanted to send them a clear message. And I think that it is a very loud message I am sure that Plano Surgery Center will get.

We entered a contract with [the Plano Surgery Center], where they performed the surgery and we provided the marketing, found the doctors, and provided outpatient and aftercare. In exchange for all that, they had to pay us. They paid until January 2003, and then they stopped paying altogether.

Both parties file a motion to go into judgment; the judge will make a judgment at that time.

That is a pretty rare judgment to get a sizeable punitive damage award in a business case, especially in Dallas County.