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IOWA CITY — With bankrupt Mercy Iowa City and its former managing affiliate MercyOne snared in a growing web of legal disputes — including a Mercy complaint accusing MercyOne of breach of contract and a MercyOne appeal of the hospital’s liquidation plan enabling that complaint — the Des Moines-based affiliate is accusing Mercy Iowa City of being too verbose in its arguments, demanding case dismissal.

“The Mercy Hospital liquidation trust filed a 550-paragraph, 106-page, 14-count amended complaint against (MercyOne), (former Mercy Iowa City CEO) Sean Williams, and (the Iowa Heart Center),” according to MercyOne’s motion for dismissal, comparing Mercy Iowa City’s complaint to those often criti

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