5th Circuit To Review Challenge To Arbitrability Of $7M Hurricane Ida Claims

Mealey's (May 1, 2023, 7:57 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal has granted an unopposed request to review a federal court’s ruling compelling arbitration of a dispute over an insured’s claims for millions of dollars in damages caused by Hurricane Ida and for bad faith against its foreign and domestic insurers, after the insured and insurers both stated that the arbitrability of such claims is the subject of a “split among the Louisiana federal district courts.”...