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SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-3461-23 SANTANDER BANK, N.A., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. STERN THOMASSON LLP, and ANDREW THOMASSON, Defendants, and PHILIP D. STERN, a/k/a PHIL STERN, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MORRIS S. BAUER, ESQ., JOSEPH L. SCHWARTZ, ESQ., MITCHELL J. MALZBERG, ESQ., and THOMASSON PPLC, Third-Party Defendants. _____________________________ Submitted October 7, 2025 – Decided October 16, 2025 Before Judges Rose and DeAlmeida.

On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Mercer County, Docket No. L-0537-22.

Philip D. Stern, appellant pro se.

Hill Wallack LLP, attorneys for respondent (Michael Kahme, of counsel and on the brief; Daniel R. Kaschak, on the brief).

PER CURIAM The parties to the appeal have settled the issues between them. In accordance with the stipulation they have filed, the appeal is dismissed with prejudice and without costs.

Dismissed.

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