5th Circuit: Judge’s Order In Builder’s Indemnification Suit Lacks Explanation

( August 10, 2026, 2:35 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel remanded for further explanation a federal judge in Texas’ grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer in a builder’s suit seeking indemnification for an arbitration award for damages caused by construction defects in a home the builder built, finding that the judge had not provided a sufficient explanation for the basis of his ruling....