( April 23, 2026, 1:28 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 22 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that compelled arbitration as to the foreign insurers but denied it as to the domestic insurers in a Hurricane Ida coverage dispute but concluded that the court abused its discretion by denying the insurers’ motion to stay the lawsuit pending arbitration of the Louisiana hospital insured’s claims against the foreign insurers....