( January 7, 2025, 11:13 AM EST) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — An insured’s suit seeking coverage from three of its insurers for underlying lawsuits related to the insured’s manufacture, sale and distribution of aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) must be dismissed in favor of a similar suit filed by the insured in California because the California suit was filed prior to the insured’s South Carolina federal court suit, a South Carolina federal judge said in granting a motion to dismiss by the insurers....