BOYNTON BEACH, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2026) — A Palm Beach County woman is suing the operator of Main Street Car Wash in Boynton Beach, alleging she was injured when a trailing vehicle was advanced into the wash tunnel and collided with the rear of her vehicle.
The complaint was filed February 5, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, as Linda Kilby v. Forward Progress Inc., doing business as Mainstreet Car Wash, Case No. 502026CA001411XXXAMB. The lawsuit seeks damages in excess of $50,000 and includes a demand for a jury trial.
Kilby is represented by attorneys with Law Offices of Vastola Legal in Palm Beach Gardens and TGA Professional Service Corp. in Riviera Beach, according to the filing. The complaint does not list defense counsel.
According to the complaint, the incident occurred on or about February 18, 2022, when Kilby entered the defendant’s automatic car wash as a customer and invitee at 201 E. Boynton Beach Blvd., Boynton Beach. The complaint states she remained seated in her vehicle as directed while the car wash conveyor or drive mechanism advanced her vehicle through the wash tunnel.
Before her vehicle completed the wash cycle, the complaint alleges her vehicle stopped moving, and the car wash system advanced a subsequent vehicle into the tunnel. That trailing vehicle then collided with the rear of Kilby’s vehicle, according to the filing.
The complaint claims Kilby suffered back injuries and that her vehicle was significantly damaged. It also alleges the defendant’s personnel directed her to a nearby body shop for repairs and that the defendant later paid $3,000 toward vehicle repairs. The complaint states no payment or settlement was reached concerning Kilby’s alleged bodily injuries.
The lawsuit says Kilby underwent medical evaluation and treatment following the incident, including back surgery. The complaint alleges she remains under active medical care, continues therapy, and continues to experience pain and functional limitations.
Kilby’s complaint brings four counts: negligence; premises liability based on an alleged dangerous condition on business premises; negligent training, supervision, and retention; and breach of implied warranty of workmanlike performance for services.
In the negligence count, the complaint alleges the defendant owed a duty to exercise reasonable care in operating, inspecting, maintaining, repairing, monitoring, and controlling the premises and automated car wash equipment, including safety devices and systems intended to prevent collisions. The filing alleges the defendant breached that duty through acts and omissions including inadequate maintenance and repair, failures involving safety interlocks and sensors, inadequate operating procedures and staffing, and inadequate employee training and supervision.
The premises liability count alleges a dangerous condition existed in the defendant’s premises and operations, including malfunctioning and or negligently operated equipment and inadequate safety controls and procedures that allowed a trailing vehicle to be advanced into an occupied tunnel. It further alleges the defendant had actual or constructive knowledge of the condition, or that it occurred with such regularity and foreseeability that the defendant should have known of it through reasonable care, and failed to correct it or implement reasonable safety measures.
The negligent training, supervision, and retention count alleges employees or agents were responsible for monitoring and sequencing vehicles through the tunnel and for stopping the line to prevent collisions, and that the defendant failed to develop and enforce reasonable training and supervision practices.
The implied warranty count alleges that, for consideration, the defendant undertook to provide automated car wash services with an implied duty to perform them in a reasonably safe and workmanlike manner, and breached that duty through malfunctioning or negligently operated equipment and unsafe procedures, resulting in a foreseeable collision.
The complaint seeks recoverable damages, including alleged medical expenses and other losses. The allegations have not been proven in court.
The original complaint, Linda Kilby v. Forward Progress Inc. d/b/a Mainstreet Car Wash, Case No. 502026CA001411XXXAMB, as filed February 5, 2026, with the Clerk of Court, can be viewed here.
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