( January 13, 2023, 11:10 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals refused to reverse a jury verdict entered in favor of an insured and against a disability insurer because the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the insurer’s motion for leave to amend its answer to add counterclaims or in excluding the insurer’s proposed expert testimony prior to trial over the insured’s breach of contract claim....