Lazaro Rodriguez v. Marciano Jaimes

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: November 5, 2025
• Docket: 3D2024-0937
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed November 5, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-0937 Lower Tribunal No. 23-1317-CA-01 ________________

Lazaro Rodriguez, et al., Appellants,

vs.

Marciano Jaimes, et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Valerie R. Manno Schurr, Judge.

Ramon M. Rodriguez, P.A., and Ramon M. Rodriguez, for appellants.

Shutts & Bowen LLP, and Aliette D. Rodz, Julissa Rodriguez and Giancarlo Cueto, for appellees Fonticiella Construction Corporation, Fonticiella Construction Management, LLC, Fonticiella Development, LLC, Fonticiella GP, LLC, and Fonticiella LLLP.

Before SCALES, C.J., and MILLER and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Chakra 5, Inc. v. City of Miami Beach, 254 So. 3d 1056,

1061 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (holding that an appellate court, in its de novo

review of a dismissal order, looks no further than the complaint and “treat[s]

as true all of the well-pled allegations of the complaint[.]”); Bechtel Corp. v.

Batchelor, 250 So. 3d 187, 196 (Fla 3d DCA 2018) (holding that the duty to

protect from injury on property is predicated on control of the property,

including the right to control access); Seitz v. Surfside, Inc., 517 So. 2d 49,

50 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) (“The principal issue in any negligence action is

whether the injury resulted from the defendant’s violation of a legal duty owed

to the plaintiff. . . . Unless a legal duty has been abrogated, there can be no

cause of action for negligence.”).