( February 11, 2026, 11:05 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 10 affirmed a lower federal court’s judgment in favor of an insurer in Louisiana insureds’ breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit arising from Hurricane Ida damage, rejecting the insureds’ argument that the lower court reversibly erred in excluding both evidence of the insureds’ appraisal award amount and the appraiser’s position regarding the value of their damages....