Monarch E & S Insurance Services v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

ORDER RE: CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

SNYDER, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This matter arises out of the claim by plaintiff Monarch E & S Insurance Services (“Monarch”) and National Casualty Co. (“National”) 1 that Monarch’s commercial general liability (“CGL”) insurer, State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. (“State Farm”) had a duty to defend and indemnify Monarch in an underlying misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition action brought against Monarch by Burns & Wilcox Insurance Services, Inc. (“Burns & Wilcox”). The matter is presently before the Court on the parties’ cross…