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A federal district court in Florida has ruled that a mold/fungal exclusion relieved an insurer of its duty to defend its insureds in a lawsuit – but the court nevertheless denied the insurer's motion to recover fees and costs it incurred in defending the insureds under a reservation of rights.

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