Pennsylvania Pulp & Paper Company, Inc. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co‪.‬

This case arises from an insurance-coverage dispute between appellant/policyholder Pennsylvania Pulp & Paper Company, Inc. and appellee/insurer Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Pennsylvania Pulp sued Nationwide to recover the cost of defending against a counterclaim. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Nationwide. At issue is whether counterclaims asserting tortious interference with business relationships and misappropriation of trade secrets fall under the insurance policys coverage of "advertising injury," and whether a counterclaim alleging a groundless Deceptive Trade Practices Act ("DTPA") claim is covered as "malicious prosecution." We find the counterclaims are not covered by the insurance policy, and we affirm the summary judgment.