University of Iowa vs American Arbitration Assoc.
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| Case Name: | University of Iowa vs American Arbitration Assoc. |
| Case Number: | EQCV078007 |
| Date of Trial: | 10/27/2022 |  | Venue: | Johnson County |
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| Casetype/Claims: | Wrongful injunction, unjust enrichment |
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| Judge: | Chad Kepros |
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| Plaintiff's Counsel: | Jeffrey Allan Stone (for Intervenor/Counterclaimant Modern Piping, Inc.) | | Defendant's Counsel: | Ryan Sheahan and Kayla Burkhiser Reynolds. (For Counterclaim Defendant University of Iowa) |
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| Verdict: | For Plaintiff/Intervenor and Counterclaimant against Counterclaim Defendant University of Iowa
Unjust enrichment: $12,784,177.00
Costs, fees and expenses to dissolve injunction $21,784.50
Total $12,805,961.50 |
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Statement of Case:
In this case, The University of Iowa, Board of Regents, State of Iowa (“Iowa”) and Modern Piping, Inc. entered into a construction agreement in 2013 appointing Modern Piping, Inc. to serve as the mechanical contractor for the construction of the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital.
The UICH contract included an arbitration agreement. Iowa and Modern Piping agreed to arbitrate all disputes between Iowa and Modern Piping, Inc. that are referred to the Design Professional.
On March 23, 2016, Modern Piping filed its Demand for Arbitration with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) seeking to arbitrate its claims relating to the UICH Contract that were referred to the Design Professional. The next day, March 24, 2016, Iowa refused to participate in the arbitration.
On April 1, 2016, Iowa filed a petition for an injunction against the AAA in state court. The lawsuit sought an immediate temporary injunction, as well as a permanent injunction. Specifically, Iowa asked the Court to enjoin the AAA from arbitrating a dispute between Iowa and Modern Piping. That same day, Iowa’s ex parte motion for temporary injunction was granted without a hearing on April 1, 2016.
The Court later dissolved the temporary injunction after determining the doctrine of arbitral immunity applied on January 10, 2017. The case is about whether the University of Iowa’s injunction was wrongful and the University of Iowa’s unjust enrichment due to the injunction. |
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| Official Jury Verdict Form: |
 University of Iowa vs The American Arbitration Association verdict form.pdf |
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