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MARIA DOLORES CANTO MARTI, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATES OF DOLORES MARTI MERCADE AND FERNANDO CANTO BORY V. IBEROSTAR HOTELES Y APARTAMENTOS SL [1:20-cv-20078; Southern Florida District; 21-11906 11th Circuit Court of Appeals] 

Zumpano Patricios P.A. (plaintiff)
Bird & Bird (defendant)
Holland & Knight (defendant) 

JOINT NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT 
Plaintiffs1 and Defendants2 (collectively, the “Parties”) reached a confidential settlement at the mediation held by Mediator Barbara Locke on August 25, 2025. All parties have signed a Binding and Confidential Settlement Term Sheet and anticipate executing a more formal confidential Settlement Agreement by next week. Upon executing the more formal confidential Settlement Agreement, the Parties will file a joint dismissal of this action with prejudice, with the Court retaining jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the settlement set forth in the Binding and Confidential Settlement Term Sheet and/or more formal Settlement Agreement.  Dated: August 29, 2025

JOINT STIPULATION BY ALL PARTIES FOR DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 
Plaintiffs1 and Defendants2 (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through undersigned counsel and pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) and the terms of their Binding and Confidential Settlement Term Sheet and Confidential Settlement Agreement, hereby stipulate to the dismissal, with prejudice, of this action subject to the Court’s entry of an order referenced in the next sentence. The effectiveness of this stipulation of dismissal is conditioned upon the Court’s entry of an order retaining jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the parties’ settlement agreement.  Dated: September 8, 2025

ORDER OF DISMISSAL 
The parties have dismissed this suit with prejudice in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). (Joint Stip. for Dismissal, ECF No. 240.) The Court reserves jurisdiction to enforce the parties’ settlement agreement. The Court directs the Clerk to close this case. All pending motions, if any, are denied as moot.  Done and ordered in Miami, Florida, on September 9, 2025.

09/09/2025- Order of Dismissal (With Prejudice) Case Closed.   Signed by Senior Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr on 9/9/2025. See attached   document for full details. (gqa)
09/08/2025- STIPULATION of Dismissal Joint Stipulation by All   Parties For Dismissal with Prejudice by Roseanne Bradford, Enrique Canto   Marti, Fernando Jose Ignacio Canto Marti, Graciela Maria Canto Marti, Javier   Enrique Canto Marti, Maria Dolores Canto Marti, Roberto Jose Canto Marti,   Bernard Zumpano, Carlos Zumpano, Daniel Zumpano, Joseph Zumpano (Zumpano, Joseph)
08/29/2025- Order Administratively Closing Case upon Notice of   Settlement. By September 26, 2025, the Plaintiffs must file a stipulation of   dismissal, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), or a motion   to dismiss, consistent with Rule 41(a)(2). Signed by Senior Judge Robert N.   Scola, Jr on 8/29/2025. See attached document for full details. (gqa)   
08/29/2025- FINAL MEDIATION REPORT held before Mediator Barbara Locke.   Prepared by: Barbara Locke. Filed by Barbara Locke. Disposition: Settled in   full. Mediation held/partially held via video-conference. (Locke, Barbara) 
08/29/2025- NOTICE of Settlement (Joint with Defendants) by   Roseanne Bradford, Enrique Canto Marti, Fernando Jose Ignacio Canto Marti,   Graciela Maria Canto Marti, Javier Enrique Canto Marti, Maria Dolores Canto   Marti, Roberto Jose Canto Marti, Bernard Zumpano, Carlos Zumpano, Daniel  Zumpano, Joseph Zumpano (Patricios, Leon) 

Canto Marti v. Iberostar Hoteles Y Apartamentos SL   
Assigned to: Senior Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr   
Referred to: Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett (Settlement)
Case in other court: USCA, 21-11906-AA
Cause: 22:6082 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act   of 1996
Date Filed: 01/08/2020   
Date Terminated: 08/29/2025   
Jury Demand: Plaintiff   
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions   
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

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