BOCA RATON, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2026) — A Palm Beach County man is suing a landscaping company over a May 2024 crash on Glades Road, alleging the company’s truck was parked partially in an active travel lane without required traffic control.
The case, Benjamin Sens v. Southern Gardeners Inc., was filed Jan. 22, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, under Case No. 502026CA000909XXXAMB.
The complaint was filed on Sens’ behalf by The Rousso Law Firm, PLLC, according to the court filing. No defense law firm is listed in the complaint. Sens is seeking damages in excess of $50,000, exclusive of attorneys’ fees and costs, and has demanded a jury trial. The allegations are claims made by the plaintiff and have not been proven in court.
According to the complaint, the crash occurred on May 20, 2024, as Sens was driving eastbound on Glades Road in Palm Beach County. Sens alleges he was traveling in the left lane behind another vehicle when he encountered Southern Gardeners’ commercial landscaping truck positioned partially on the median and partially in the left lane while landscaping work was being performed on the adjacent median.
The lawsuit alleges the company did not have Department of Transportation permits or a Maintenance of Traffic plan allowing for closure of that lane. Sens further claims the company did not use arrow boards, DOT-certified orange cones, or other traffic control devices to warn drivers that the lane was closed or obstructed.
In the sequence described in the filing, the vehicle in front of Sens allegedly merged from the left lane into the right lane. Sens claims that as that vehicle moved over, he suddenly saw the landscaping truck in his lane and took immediate action to avoid a collision, but had “little to no time to react” and struck the rear of the truck in what the complaint describes as a direct collision.
The negligence count alleges Southern Gardeners failed to use adequate safety equipment and warnings for the lane obstruction and alleges the truck was parked in a manner that obstructed the normal use of the roadway, citing Florida Statute 316.2045 in the complaint. Sens claims he suffered “severe and permanent” injuries and lists alleged damages including medical costs, pain and suffering, mental and emotional anguish, loss of earning capacity, loss of enjoyment of life, and damage to his vehicle, among other claimed losses.
The original complaint, Benjamin Sens v. Southern Gardeners Inc., Case No. 502026CA000909XXXAMB, as filed 01/22/2026, with the Clerk of Court, can be viewed here.
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