( March 5, 2025, 8:34 AM EST) -- GRETNA, La. — A Louisiana appellate court affirmed a lower court’s ruling granting summary judgment to a mortgagee in a builder’s suit seeking payment for repairs made on the mortgagor’s home for Hurricane Ida damage after the homeowner’s now-insolvent insurer allegedly approved the builder’s proposal, finding that the criminal statute at issue in the suit does not create a duty by the mortgagee regarding payment to the borrower’s contractors....