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Under a commercial general liability policy, we have the following situation. The insured was hired to remove old flooring and replace it with new flooring. The removal of the old flooring caused excessive dust in the claimant's home. Is dust considered property damage?

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Dust itself is not property damage, but if it caused physical injury to tangible property or if it caused a loss of use of tangible property, then PD would occur.

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