( September 11, 2024, 1:30 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 10 held that an oil well operator is not liable to the excess insurer of an oilfield consultancy, affirming on other grounds a lower federal court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the oil well operator in the insurer’s subrogation breach of contract lawsuit seeking reimbursement for the $5 million it paid toward the settlement of an underlying injury lawsuit....