Case Name: Aleida RODRIGUEZ, Personal Representative of the Estate of Orlando Rodriguez, Appellant, v. BOVIS OF FLORIDA, INC.; S.M. Brickell Limited Partnership, and Santa Maria Development Corp., and Santa Maria Development, Inc., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-09-27
Citations: 767 So. 2d 1266
Docket Number: Nos. 3D99-2650, 3D99-2606
Parties: Aleida RODRIGUEZ, Personal Representative of the Estate of Orlando Rodriguez, Appellant, v. BOVIS OF FLORIDA, INC.; S.M. Brickell Limited Partnership, and Santa Maria Development Corp., and Santa Maria Development, Inc., Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FLETCHER and SHEWN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 767
Pages: 1266–1266

Head Matter:
Aleida RODRIGUEZ, Personal Representative of the Estate of Orlando Rodriguez, Appellant, v. BOVIS OF FLORIDA, INC.; S.M. Brickell Limited Partnership, and Santa Maria Development Corp., and Santa Maria Development, Inc., Appellees.
Nos. 3D99-2650, 3D99-2606.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 27, 2000.
Miguel San Pedro, Miami, for appellant.
Clinton D. Flagg, Coral Gables; Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FLETCHER and SHEWN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Conklin v. Cohen, 287 So.2d 56 (Fla.1973) (passive, non-participant owner not liable for general or subcontractor employee injuries); Armenteros v. Baptist Hosp. of Miami, Inc., 714 So.2d 518 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)(same); Reed v. Henry C. Beck Co., 510 So.2d 613 (Fla. 3d DCA)(contractor who sublets work to others becomes "statutory employer" entitled to worker's compensation immunity), rev. denied, 518 So.2d 1277 (Fla.1987). Compare Turner v. PCR, Inc., 754 So.2d 683, 688 (Fla.2000)(plaintiff must prove that "reasonable person would understand that the employer's conduct was 'substantially certain' to result in injury or death to the employee" to prevail under worker's compensation immunity intentional tort exception.)