Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal has upheld an order by a Miami-Dade Circuit judge denying a Kendall condominium association’s request to name an additional defendant in a lawsuit already brimming with parties.

On Wednesday the appellate court affirmed Miami-Dade Circuit Judge William Thomas’ order rejecting a request by Toscano Condominium Association Inc. to add Miami-based engineering firm DDA Engineers P.A. to a multi-defendant lawsuit concerning design defects on the property. The opinion found the lower court had not abused its discretion in denying the association’s motion to file a modified complaint, and held “the proposed amendment would have been the fourth time the association amended its complaint to bring in new parties to the litigation.”