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Hunter 09/13/23 A lawsuit filed against Mercy Iowa City claims that two executives terminated last summer have not been paid their promised severance package.
Two former Mercy Iowa City executives are suing the hospital for allegedly not paying their full severance payments. The lawsuit seeks payment of the additional
The same day in July that Mercy Iowa City’s largest bondholder petitioned a Johnson County judge to appoint a receiver to take over its operations – a move hospital officials said compelled them to file for bankruptcy days later – a pair of recently terminated Mercy executives also filed suit against their former employer, accusing the hospital of ghosting them and shorting them hundreds of thousands.
It's a trend seen across Iowa. For a number of reasons, chief among them low pay, fewer lawyers are agreeing to take court appointments to represent indigent defendants.
It's a trend seen across Iowa. For a number of reasons, chief among them low pay, fewer lawyers are agreeing to take court appointments to represent indigent defendants.