DeAngelis Diamond Construction, a Naples, Florida-based construction management firm founded in 1996, has been named in or has filed a range of lawsuits over its three decades in business. The DeAngelis Diamond lawsuits on record include a large condominium construction defect case in Collier County, contract disputes with vendors and insurers, a dismissed personal injury claim, and a separate string of OSHA workplace safety investigations tied to job site incidents in Southwest Florida.
Botanical Place Construction Defect Case
The most extensive suit against the company was filed by the homeowners’ association at Botanical Place, a Collier County condominium development. The association’s complaint, running more than 200 pages, named DeAngelis Diamond as the builder along with developer PJM Limited Partnership, Stofft Cooney Architects, and HSA Engineers & Scientists.1Naples Daily News. Botanical Place Residents Allege Building Defects
The suit alleged negligence, breach of warranties, and multiple Florida Building Code violations. The claimed defects included structurally unsafe walls improperly connected to floors, non-reinforced end walls that residents said could collapse in high winds, concrete floor systems and wood truss connections lacking sufficient wind-uplift resistance, improperly braced balcony columns, cracked concrete slabs and stucco, unsealed window frames, and unsafe guardrails. The complaint also listed drainage problems, peeling paint, mildew, and detached ornamental shutters.1Naples Daily News. Botanical Place Residents Allege Building Defects
Developer Phil McCabe called the suit “frivolous,” said most of the cited issues had already been addressed, and blamed the association’s financial troubles and unit foreclosures. He said the buildings were “well-built” and attributed ongoing problems to poor maintenance. At the time of the reporting, Collier County’s building department and code enforcement division had no records of complaints matching the defects described in the complaint.
Contract Disputes: ESH Fort Myers and Rogers Manufacturing
DeAngelis Diamond has also been the plaintiff in contract litigation tied to its projects. In April 2022, the company sued ESH Fort Myers, LLC and The Cincinnati Insurance Company in Lee County Circuit Court in a contracts-and-indebtedness matter.2Trellis Law. DeAngelis Diamond Construction v ESH Fort Myers LLC – Notice of Filing The defendants moved for summary judgment on damages and filed extensive deposition testimony in August 2023. The case is now listed as reclosed, and publicly available records do not spell out the underlying project or the resolution. A related matter between the same parties reached the Florida Courts of Appeal, filed in late December 2023.3UniCourt. DeAngelis Diamond Construction Case Listing
Separately, the company sued Rogers Manufacturing Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in 2021. The case moved through discovery and pretrial motions, and by May 2024 the court was ruling on motions in limine ahead of trial, including a dispute over whether Rogers could present certain materials-related evidence.4Leagle. DeAngelis Diamond Construction v Rogers Manufacturing Corp
Hartford Casualty Insurance Coverage Suit
In August 2024, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company filed a declaratory-judgment action against DeAngelis Diamond and Turner Construction in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, asking the court to define the scope of insurance coverage. The case was categorized as an insurance-contract diversity dispute.5PACER Monitor. Hartford Casualty Insurance Company v Deangelis Diamond Construction LLC It closed quickly. Hartford filed a notice of settlement in September 2024, and the court dismissed the action without prejudice on September 17, 2024. The settlement terms were not made public.
Dean Personal Injury Suit
Tina Dean sued DeAngelis Diamond and other defendants on December 1, 2023, in Florida’s Twelfth Judicial Circuit in Sarasota County. Court records describe the case as a premises-liability claim connected to The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch, a senior living community. The available filings did not detail the injuries or the underlying incident. A jury trial had been scheduled for spring 2025, but a notice of dismissal was filed on March 18, 2025, the trial dates were cancelled, and the case was closed.6UniCourt. Dean, Tina v DeAngelis Diamond Construction LLC
OSHA Investigations and Job Site Incidents
Alongside the civil docket, federal workplace safety records document several incidents at DeAngelis Diamond job sites.
2018 Bonita Springs Steel Beam Injury
On April 26, 2018, at a job site on Reynolds Street in Bonita Springs, an employee was struck by an 800-pound metal beam that slipped from its rigging and clamps during the erection of steel for a two-story building. The worker was hospitalized with multiple fractured ribs, lacerations, and contusions. OSHA’s Tampa Area Office opened an inspection on May 1, 2018, and closed it on October 29, 2018.7OSHA. OSHA Inspection Detail 1313196.015
2024 Cape Coral Fall-Hazard Citation
On June 28, 2024, OSHA cited DeAngelis Diamond for a “serious” violation at a Cape Coral job site where holes on the fourth floor were not properly marked or color-coded to warn subcontractor employees of fall hazards, contrary to federal fall-protection standards. The initial penalty was $14,518. The company contested the citation in December 2024, and a formal settlement on June 11, 2025 deleted the violation item and reduced the penalty to zero.8OSHA. OSHA Violation Detail 1759264.015
2026 Cape Coral Trench Collapse
In March 2026, a worker was trapped in a 12-foot-deep trench at a Cape Coral construction site for a new two-story Lee Health medical facility where DeAngelis Diamond was the general contractor. The worker was pinned beneath a pipe for roughly two hours before firefighters freed him.9Underground Infrastructure. OSHA Probes Cape Coral Trench Incident After Worker Trapped Under Pipe OSHA investigators arrived the same day to examine whether the trench had proper protective systems, including a trench box (none was observed), and whether a “competent person” had been designated to inspect conditions. Work at the site was halted.10Construction Owners Association of America. OSHA Probes Cape Coral Trench Collapse
Kaisa Schmidt, the company’s vice president of marketing and public relations, said DeAngelis Diamond had “secured the work area” and was “cooperating fully with the responding agencies and any subsequent investigations.” As of the most recent reporting, the OSHA investigation remained open with no citations or fines issued. Agency investigations of this kind typically take up to six months.
Licensing Standing
Despite the litigation history and open OSHA matter, the company’s state credentials are current. John M. DeAngelis holds a certified general contractor license (CGC058500) through the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, listed as active with no disciplinary actions on file.11Florida DBPR. License Detail – John M. De Angelis The LLC’s Florida registration is active, with annual reports filed through 2026.12Florida Division of Corporations. DeAngelis Diamond Construction LLC Corporate Filing