Calling an initial $61 million verdict "excessive," last week Alameda County Superior Court Judge Stephen Dombrink whittled down a jury award against national shipping company Federal Express and one of its managers to a modest $12.4 million... In June, the jury handed the $61 million award to two Lebanese-American FedEx drivers who accused a manager of racial discrimination and harassment. The verdict was thought to be the largest single civil rights judgment under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act...