(January 10, 2022, 9:42 AM EST) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts appeals panel on Jan. 6 held that although underlying counterclaims against insureds do not explicitly state a claim for slander or libel, they are “reasonably susceptible of an interpretation that states or roughly sketches” a defamation claim, vacating a lower court’s ruling that the underlying counterclaims fail to allege a personal and advertising injury to trigger insurance coverage and remanding....