( November 12, 2026, 8:17 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a lower federal court’s denial of insureds’ motions to remand in two consolidated lawsuits arising from wind that caused a tree to fall on and damage their home, holding that the lower court erred when it held that the nondiverse defendants were improperly joined and that its decision to pierce the pleadings to conduct a factual inquiry after denying the insureds’ motion to remand was an abuse of discretion....