Panel Affirms Ruling In Insurer’s Favor In Bad Faith Suit Prompted By Winter Storm

( October 24, 2025, 1:51 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Noting that it is bound by Mirelez v. State Farm Lloyds, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of an insurer in Texas insureds’ bad faith lawsuit arising from property damage that was caused by pipes that burst following a winter storm....