(December 20, 2016, 3:32 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal district court did not abuse its discretion in bifurcating claims in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit because insureds’ extracontractual and punitive damages claims required the same showing on the part of their insurer, but their breach of contract claim did not, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Dec. 13 in an unpublished per curiam opinion (Edward and Rebecca Briggs v. State Farm, No. 16-60098, 5th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 22101)....