Mealey's (January 9, 2020, 11:49 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana doctor’s petition for permission to appeal a trial court’s decision on its jurisdiction over claims in a case brought under the Louisiana Preferred Provider Organization Act (PPO Act) was denied by a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel in a Dec. 19 per curiam opinion, finding that the doctor’s failure to raise a Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA)-linked argument rendered appellate review inappropriate (George Raymond Williams v. Homeland Insurance Company of New York, No. 19-90027, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38078)....