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141573P.pdf   10/22/2015  Life Investors Ins. Co.  v.  Federal City Region
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-1573
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] Shepherd, Author, with Chief Judge Riley and Loken, Circuit 
   Judges Civil Case - diversity. On remand following this court?s reversal 
   of grant of summary judgment to insurance company on breach of contract 
   claim and the Iowa Supreme Court's answer to a question certified to it by 
   the district court, the district court's grant of summary judgment is 
   affirmed. The State Supreme Court answered the ratification issue; the 
   laches defense failed for lack of unreasonable delay or prejudice; and the 
   claim of inconsistencies were not material. Corrado's claim that the 
   settlement agreement violated ERISA is barred as a matter of issue 
   preclusion. Application of judicial estoppel is not proper in this case.