( February 13, 2025, 1:21 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A district court’s judgment in favor of an insurer on an insured’s claim for violation of the Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act (TPPCA) must be vacated because the insurer is not absolved from liability under the TPPCA simply because it paid an appraisal award in full; however, the district court’s judgment in favor of the insurer on the insured’s bad faith claims must be affirmed because the insured’s payment of the appraisal award forecloses the insured’s bad faith claims, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said....