DUARTE V. ORTIZ, ET AL.

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed March 6, 2019. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D17-949 Lower Tribunal No. 14-6044 ________________ Ariel Ortega Duarte, Appellant, vs. Manuel Ortiz, et al., Appellees. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jorge E. Cueto, Judge. Philip D. Parrish, P.A., and Philip D. Parrish; Donna B. Michelson, P.A., and Donna B. Michelson; Darren J. Rousso, P.A., and Darren J. Rousso, for appellant. Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, LLP, and Michael H. Galex and Laura R. Weinfeld, for appellees. Before EMAS, C.J., and SCALES and MILLER1, JJ. 1 Did not participate in oral argument. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Fuentes v. Sandel, Inc., 189 So. 3d 928, 932-33 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016) (holding that, absent direct and extensive control by property owner, the property owner is not liable to independent contractor who sustains injury while performing work at owner’s property). 2

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