( August 8, 2025, 9:01 AM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — An insured’s claims for bad faith and violations of North Carolina’s laws regulating unfair claims practices and deceptive trade practices cannot proceed against a homeowners insurer because the insured’s complaint asserts only that there was a reasonable disagreement about coverage for wet rot damage caused by a plumbing system leak in the insured’s home, a North Carolina federal magistrate judge said in granting the insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings....