A New Orleans state court jury found Dell liable for $12.8 million in damages on unfair competition and conspiracy claims stemming from a lawsuit over contracts to build a crime camera surveillance system for New Orleans. Southern Electronics Supply Inc. and Active Solutions LLC worked on the city’s camera program and claimed the system they had developed had been misappropriated by the former New Orleans technology director and others. They also claimed there was a conspiracy with Dell to sell the system. Out of the defendants, the jury determined Dell was 35 percent at fault in the case.