( May 29, 2024, 11:35 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A Texas federal judge granted a motion to compel appraisal and to abate a lawsuit filed by insureds who claim that their homeowners insurer acted in bad faith and breached its contract in denying their claim for storm damages to their home because an appraisal proceeding will resolve the amount of the loss sustained by the insureds regardless of whether the loss was caused by the storm or by an excluded cause of loss....