PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2026) — A new civil lawsuit filed in Palm Beach County court alleges a Palm Tran bus crash on State Road 80 left a passenger injured and seeking damages from Palm Beach County.
The complaint, Lisa Duran v. Palm Beach County, Case No. 502026CA001621XXXAMB, was filed Feb. 11, 2026 in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, according to the court filing. The plaintiff, Lisa Duran, is represented by Morgan & Morgan, P.A., with Trevor R. Thomson listed as counsel in the complaint. The filing reviewed did not list defense counsel for Palm Beach County.
In the complaint, Duran alleges she was a passenger on a Palm Tran public transportation bus traveling westbound on State Road 80 in Palm Beach County on or about May 11, 2025, when the bus crashed into another motor vehicle. The complaint identifies the bus operator as Jennifer Danita Hanna, and alleges Hanna “negligently operated and/or maintained” the vehicle, resulting in the collision.
The complaint further alleges Hanna was operating the bus with Palm Beach County’s permission and consent, and was acting as a servant, agent, and or employee of the county in the course and scope of her employment at the time. Based on those allegations, the lawsuit claims Palm Beach County is vicariously liable for Hanna’s alleged negligence under legal theories including respondeat superior and the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, and also references Florida’s waiver of sovereign immunity statute, Section 768.28.
As a result of the alleged crash, the complaint claims Duran suffered bodily injury, including a permanent injury to the body as a whole, as well as pain and suffering, disability, impairment, disfigurement, mental anguish, inconvenience, and loss of capacity for enjoyment of life. The complaint also claims damages including medical and nursing care and treatment, hospitalization expenses, loss of earnings, and loss of ability to earn money, and alleges the losses are permanent or continuing and will continue into the future. The complaint also states the plaintiff’s motor vehicle was damaged.
The filing states the plaintiff complied with conditions precedent to bringing the case, including notice requirements under Section 768.28(6), and attaches a notice of claim letter as an exhibit. In that notice materials, the plaintiff’s counsel describes a crash on May 13, 2025 at about 3:30 p.m., alleging the bus entered an intersection near Connors Highway after failing to stop for a red traffic signal, and references a Florida Traffic Crash Report number and a PBSO response described in the notice. Those statements are presented in the exhibit as allegations.
The complaint seeks damages exceeding $50,000, exclusive of costs, interest, and attorneys’ fees, and demands a jury trial on issues so triable. All allegations in the complaint are claims by the plaintiff and have not been proven in court.
The original complaint, Lisa Duran v. Palm Beach County, Case No. 502026CA001621XXXAMB, as filed February 11, 2026, with the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court, can be viewed here.
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