(December 21, 2016, 12:36 PM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A carpet care business had probable cause and was not grossly negligent in bringing misappropriation of trade secrets claims in state court against a competing business that was created with the help of a former employee, a Pennsylvania federal judge held Nov. 17 in granting the original company summary judgment on claims by the competitor that the state court action was baseless (Stephen M. Peek, et al. v. Thomas Whittaker, et al., No. 2:13-cv-1188, W.D. Pa.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159226)....