(September 26, 2019, 5:48 PM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — Breach of contract and bad faith claims alleged against a homeowners insurer will remain in South Carolina federal court while the insured’s negligence and other tort claims alleged against contractors who performed work on the insured’s home will be remanded to South Carolina state court, a South Carolina federal judge said Sept. 20 in granting the insurer’s motion to sever and remand the claims against the other co-defendants (Stella Black v. Safeco Insurance Company of America, et al., No. 18-2479, D. S.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160483)....