Woman Says Her Contract Claim Against Insurer Is Not Precluded

(April 25, 2017, 2:20 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts woman argues that she has a legitimate right to withdraw from an annuity contract she entered with an insurance company, and she contends that the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should reverse a lower court’s decision that dismissed her claim against the insurer because issue preclusion does not apply (Yana Edquist v. Jackson National Life Insurance Co., No. 16-2056, 1st Cir.)....