(June 15, 2017, 1:43 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana appeals panel on June 14 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that granted the State of Louisiana’s exception of no right of action maintaining that it was not liable for a contractor’s alleged negligence in elevating the insureds’ home following Hurricane Katrina, rejecting the homeowners insurer’s argument that the state’s administration of the elevation program sufficiently negated the exception of no right of action (Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., v. LAA Shoring, et al., No. 2016-CA-1136 consolidated with No. 2016-CA-1137, La. App., 4th Cir.)....