Mealey's (October 4, 2021, 12:48 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 1 affirmed a District Court’s ruling confirming a $130,000 award for a cadet’s injuries while he was aboard a ship in 1999 and permanently enjoining him from further litigation in the United States, writing that an earlier Louisiana appellate court ruling compelling arbitration precluded the cadet from challenging the arbitrability of his claims....