R. A. Hanson Co. v. Aetna Insurance

—In 1972, R. A. Hanson Company, Inc., in the district court in California, sued one of its former employees and Constructora Daroel, S.A., for various claims relating to the alleged misuse of Hanson's trade secrets, and patent infringement. That employee, Robert James, counterclaimed, alleging interference with prospective advantage, inducing breach of contract, and abuse of process. Hanson tendered defense of the counterclaim to its insurer, Aetna, based on an insurance policy covering, inter alia,

(A)—False arrest, detention or imprisonment, or malicious prosecution;

(B)—. . . libel or…