The court ruled on whether there was any physical damage to the properties and if activities designed to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus were 'repairs'.
The insurance policy phrase "direct physical loss of or damage to" has been in the news the past few years thanks to BI cases stemming from the pandemic.
Though the judges of the Eleventh Circuit ruled the insurer was bound to defend the insured, they said it was too early to determine the duty to indemnify.
The case law on this topic is divergent, a trend that will likely continue with different courts applying different interpretations of insurance policies.