( December 16, 2024, 12:17 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a homeowners insurer in an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit arising from a pool deck renovation that caused water damage to the insured’s rental property, finding that the undisputed evidence attributes the insured’s loss to surface water and faulty workmanship, which are excluded from coverage....