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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.
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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.
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(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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