(August 1, 2024, 12:49 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — After homeowners sued their insurer for breach of contract and bad faith related to the insurer’s alleged failure to cover their loss related to Hurricane Ida, the insurer filed a counterclaim against them and a third-party complaint against their appraiser, seeking damages for the homeowners’ and appraiser’s alleged scheme to defraud the insurer by inflating the damages estimate and improperly attributing costs to upgrade the property to hurricane damages....