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Supreme Court reverses multi-million dollar judgement in U-I case

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April 26th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a multi-million dollar judgment in a dispute involving the construction on the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. Radio Iowa’s Dar Danielson reports.

(as said) – Modern Piping was awarded nearly 13 million dollars after alleging the U-I wrongly benefited from an injunction to delay arbitration in a construction dispute so they could gain early access to the Children’s Hospital. The Iowa Supreme Court says Modern Piping led the district court astray when it convinced the court the wrongful injunction entitled it to recover all the money made by the U-I after taking over the building early. The Supreme Court says the nearly 22 million dollars awarded Modern Piping in costs and fees to fight the temporary injunction is all they can collect.