Supreme Court sides with UI in Children’s Hospital spat, reversing $12.8M judgment

IOWA CITY — Seven years after a Cedar Rapids-based contractor first started feuding with the University of Iowa over its work on the towering Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa’s high court has weighed in and sided with the university on part of its appeal — reversing an order to pay Modern Piping another $12.8 million. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed and upheld a minor judgment awarding the contractor $21,784 for its costs and fees, but reversed and remanded the 2022 $12.8 million award — according to an opinion published Friday....