Congratulations to Senior Counsel David Johnson and Principal Attorney Mac W. Cabal for causing a United States District Court case to be dismissed out of hand. A complete defense judgment entered in favor of the client. The federal case concerned an action brought by an aggrieved claimant derived from a bond issued by a surety client of Lanak & Hanna. Following extensive briefing and detailed legal analysis drafted by Messrs. Johnson and Cabal, the Federal Court dismissed the case. This was the first and only responsive pleading filed in the case, and it ended the case on the spot. Not only was the client’s Motion granted, but no leave to amend was allowed for the other side, and judgment was entered in favor of the client. A complete homerun on all fronts. Heck, call it a walk-off grand slam, since the baseball playoffs are upon us.