( May 19, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — After a bench trial resulted in a judgment awarding $1,009,561.93 to insureds and against their homeowners insurer in a coverage dispute over damage allegedly caused by Hurricane Ida, a Louisiana appellate court affirmed, finding in part that the trial court correctly invalidated the insurer’s 180-day proof-of-loss provision as void against public policy because, as applied, it reduced the statutory two-year filing period....