Mealey's (March 4, 2022, 2:12 PM EST) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — An insured’s counterclaim for bad faith in a dispute over coverage for water damages in the insured’s home cannot proceed because the insurer did not act in bad faith when it denied the insured’s claim for damages as a question of fact exists as to whether the damages at issue were pre-existing damages, a South Carolina federal judge said March 3 in partially granting the homeowners insurer’s motion for summary judgment....