GRISALES
v.
EBER
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An owner's insistence that work be completed within a compressed timeframe does not constitute exercise of control over a project such that the owner owes a duty of care to an independent contractor.
[1] An owner's direction that work be completed within a compressed timeframe, without more, does not constitute exercise of control over an independent contractor's work suf…
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Court citing Cecile Resort, Ltd. v. Hokanson to support the principle that time pressure alone does not create owner liability
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PER CURIAM.
Alirio Grisales appeals final summary judgment entered in favor of Beatriz Eber on his claim for negligence. We affirm. See Fuentes v. Sandel, Inc., 189 So. 3d 928 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016); Clerkin v. Kendall Town & Country Assocs., Ltd., 535 So. 2d 288 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); Cecile Resort, Ltd. v. Hokanson, 729 So. 2d 446 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999) (noting that owner’s insistence that work be completed the next day did not amount to exercise of control over project such that owner owed a duty of care to an independent contractor).
Affirmed.
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- Cecile Resort, Ltd. v. Hokanson, 729 So. 2d 446 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999)
- Fuentes v. Sandel, Inc., 189 So. 3d 928 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016)
- Clerkin v. Kendall Town & Country Assocs., Ltd., 535 So. 2d 288 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)