Mealey's (September 22, 2020, 8:51 AM EDT) -- STATESBORO, Ga. — A Georgia federal judge on Sept. 17 determined that a homeowners policy's defective construction exclusion bars coverage for water damages arising out of the defective construction of a home but found that a question of fact remains on whether the policy's deterioration exclusion bars coverage for the water damages (George H. Rountree v. Encompass Home and Auto Insurance Co., No. 19-008, S.D. Ga., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170741)....