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Tilley Foundation Press ReleaseWednesday May 14, 2003 Carl Tilley Wins Major Court Victory LEBANON, TN – Carl Tilley, Inventor and President of the Tilley Foundation Inc., won a major Court victory today against two opponents, Walter Webb and Robert Kibbey. Defendants Webb and Kibbey were ordered to appear in Court today to answer charges that they were in contempt of the Order issued by Chancellor C.K. Smith of the Wilson County, Tennessee, Chancery Court. Defendants Webb and Kibbey had been sued by the Tilley Foundation, Inc. for libelous statements they had made to third persons. Webb had sued Mr. Tilley for an alleged oral contract of employment. In a stunning reversal of his prior position, Defendant Webb dismissed his own lawsuit with prejudice and, under oath, recanted all his prior allegations against Mr. Tilley. Mr. Webb also retracted all of his statements regarding Mr. Tilley’s inventions, including the Tilley Electric Vehicle (TEV) and the “Tilley Device”. Mr. Webb also recanted all the statements made by him to WSMV 4 News “in their entirety”. (Transcript P. 2) Electing to go to trial, the Chancellor found Mr. Kibbey in contempt of Court on two (2) separate violations. The Court imposed a jail sentence on Mr. Kibbey and fined him. The Court also ordered Mr. Kibbey to pay Mr. Tilley for attorney’s fees. “This is a great victory for Carl Tilley and the Tilley Foundation, Inc.” said Doug Littlefield, Director of the Tilley Foundation, Inc. “We look forward to the day when Mr. Kibbey’s suit will also be thrown out of court for good”. Mr. Kibbey’s legal woes are only beginning. He has to appear in Court again tomorrow (May 15, 2003) on additional charges seeking both civil and criminal contempt sanctions for violating the Order of the Wilson County Circuit Court. Mr. Tilley’s attorney will seek more jail time, fines and sanctions against Mr. Kibbey. See also
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