( March 20, 2026, 2:34 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in an unpublished opinion that claims a commercial truck driver brought against his employer’s insurer for denying benefits after a tire smashed through his windshield while he was driving for work were not barred by res judicata but were time-barred. Thus, the panel opined that a federal judge in Texas did not err in granting summary judgment to the company....