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SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-2324-23 ATLANTIC NEUROSURGICAL SPECIALISTS and ATLANTIC SHORE SURGICAL ASSOCS., P.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ANTHEM, INC., d/b/a ANTHEM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, f/k/a WELLPOINT, INC., ANTHEM INS.

COS., INC., d/b/a ANTHEM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, ANTHEM LIFE INS. d/b/a ANTHEM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, ANTHEM BLUE CROSS LIFE & HEALTH INC. CO., BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIA, d/b/a ANTHEM BLUE CROSS, COMMUNITY INS. CO., d/b/a ANTHEM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, ANTHEM HEALTH PLANS OF VIRGINIA, INC., d/b/a ANTHEM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, ANTHEM UM SERVS., INC., d/b/a ANTHEM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, HIGHMARK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD DELAWARE, a/k/a HIGHMARK HEALTH INS. CO., SECURITAS SECURITY SERVS., USA, INC., VERIZON, INC., a/k/a VERIZON BENEFITS ADMIN, INC., a/k/a VERIZON N.J. INC., SIGNET FIN. MGNT., LLC, CAMP SIX, INC., SIEMENS INDUS. INC., a/k/a SIEMENS CORP., a/k/a SIEMENS FIN. SERVS., INC., and BAYER CORP., Defendants, and SKANSKA USA INC., SKANSKA USA BLDG. INC., PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVS.-ST. MICHAEL'S, LLC, d/b/a SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER, and PRIME HEALTH-CARE SERVS.-ST. CLARE'S, LLC, d/b/a ST. CLARE'S HEALTH, a/k/a St. CLARE'S HOSP., INC., Defendants-Respondents. __________________________________ Submitted May 20, 2025 – Decided May 27, 2025 Before Judges Gooden Brown and Smith.

On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Morris County, Docket No. L-2172-21.

Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, LLC, and Cohen Howard, LLP, attorneys for appellants (Eric D. Katz, of counsel; David M. Estes and Leslie S. Howard, on the briefs).

Littler Mendelson, PC, attorneys for respondents Skanska USA Inc. and Skanska USA, Bldg. Inc. A-2324-23 (Amber M. Spataro and Jennifer I. Fischer, on the brief).

Garfunkel Wild, PC, attorneys for respondents Prime Healthcare Services-St. Clare's, LLC and Prime Healthcare Services-St. Michael's, LLC (Steven D.

Gorelick, on the brief).

PER CURIAM We have been advised prior to argument that this matter has been amicably adjusted and the parties have stipulated to the dismissal of this appeal.

Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed with prejudice and without costs.

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