( June 23, 2026, 9:13 AM EDT) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a lower court judgment against the city of Des Moines for breach of contract and the $4,353,677 in damages awarded in a dispute over COVID-19-related construction delays for a development project in the city, finding that the lower court correctly determined that the city breached the development agreement by issuing default notices, contrary to the force majeure clause in the contract and without allowing the developers a chance to cure the purported default....