(December 30, 2016, 12:50 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 19 affirmed a Louisiana federal judge’s ruling that a group life insurance plan member’s unused accrued vacation time did not extend the date his insurance ended, saying a terminated employee cannot perform his duties on a part-time or full-time basis and cannot return to work even if he has accrued vacation time (Tammy Briscoe, et al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., No. 16-30354, 5th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 22568)....