Mealey's (January 5, 2022, 11:12 AM EST) -- SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A South Carolina federal judge on Dec. 17 granted an insurer’s motion to realign subcontractor defendants as plaintiffs in a declaratory judgment action arising out of a construction defects suit, finding that “the Subcontractor defendants have the same interest” as the general contractor. The judge also denied the general contractor’s motion to remand to state court, finding that “the facts and circumstances of the case” weigh in favor of the federal court exercising jurisdiction....