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Lazaro Rodriguez, et ux. v. Fonticiella Construction Corporation, et al.
Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, No. 3D2024-0937 · judgment November 5, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In a premises liability civil case arising from a serious dog attack and bite incident and trial, pursuant to the Seventh Amendment’s right of trial by jury, should a demanded jury trial proceed against the lower tribunal Defendants FONTICIELLA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, FONTICIELLA CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, LLC, FONTICIELLA DEVELOPMENT LLC, FONTI-CIELLA GP, LLC, and FONTICIELLA LLLP in order to allow the jury to hear and weigh the record evidence including the opportunity to draw adverse inferences from the record evidence against the lower tribunal Defendants FONTICIELLA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, FONTICIELLA CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, LLC, FONTICIELLA DEVELOPMENT LLC, FONTICIELLA GP, LLC, and FONTICIELLA LLLP? In a premises liability civil case arising from a serious dog attack and bite incident and trial, pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process, should a demanded jury trial proceed against the lower tribunal Defendants FONTICIELLA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, FONTICIELLA CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, LLC, FONTICIELLA DEVELOPMENT LLC, FONTICIELLA GP, LLC, and FONTICIELLA LLLP in order to allow the jury to hear and weigh the record evidence including the opportunity to draw adverse inferences from the record evidence against the lower tribunal Defendants FONTICIELLA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, FONTICIELLA CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, LLC, FONTICIELLA DEVELOPMENT LLC, FONTICIELLA GP, LLC, and FONTICIELLA LLLP?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Raymond John Rigat
Raymond J. Rigat, Esq.
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Private Action (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
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Proceedings
- Sep 29 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2026)