5th Circuit Reverses Dismissal With Prejudice Of Hurricane Ida Coverage Dispute

( March 26, 2025, 3:52 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 25 reversed a lower federal court’s ruling that a plaintiff lacked standing to sue an insurer for breach of contract and bad faith in a coverage dispute over property damage that was caused by Hurricane Ida, finding that the plaintiff might be able to plead plausible facts to support her third-party beneficiary status....