PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2026) — A Manatee County woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Coastal Waste & Recycling of Palm Beach County, LLC, alleging she was struck by a reversing garbage truck while riding an e-bicycle on Gulf Drive in September 2024.
The complaint, Mary McNamara v. Coastal Waste & Recycling of Palm Beach County, LLC, was filed Feb. 6, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, according to the Palm Beach County Clerk’s filing stamp. The case is No. 502026CA001494XXXAMB.
McNamara is represented by Clark, Fountain, Littky-Rubin & Whitman, LLP of Palm Beach Gardens, along with Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A. listed in the filing, with pro hac vice status noted as pending for one attorney. The complaint excerpt does not list defense counsel for Coastal Waste.
The lawsuit seeks damages “in excess of” $50,000, exclusive of attorneys’ fees, interest, and costs, and includes a demand for a jury trial. The allegations in the complaint are claims made by the plaintiff and have not been proven in court.
According to the complaint, the alleged incident occurred on or about Sept. 10, 2024, around 9 a.m., at or near Gulf Drive in Manatee County, Florida. The filing describes a garbage truck operated and/or maintained by Coastal Waste at that location.
The complaint alleges Coastal Waste owned the truck and that it was being operated with the company’s knowledge, permission, and consent by its employees at the time. McNamara claims she was lawfully riding her e-bicycle in a northwesterly direction along Gulf Drive on the right-hand side of the roadway, with her hazards and blinking lights activated, when the truck reversed into her.
The lawsuit brings a single count for negligence against Coastal Waste, claiming the company owed a duty to use due care in the operation and/or maintenance of the truck and that it breached that duty. The complaint alleges McNamara suffered injuries to her body, aggravation of pre-existing conditions, pain and suffering, physical impairment, disfigurement, mental anguish, and loss of capacity for enjoyment of life.
The filing also claims she incurred medical expenses for treatment and that her injuries are permanent within a reasonable degree of medical probability, with future losses and impairment alleged.
The complaint asks the court to enter judgment for damages recoverable by law against Coastal Waste and requests that a jury decide the case.
The original complaint, Mary McNamara v. Coastal Waste & Recycling of Palm Beach County, LLC, Case No. 502026CA001494XXXAMB, as filed February 6, 2026, with the Clerk of Court, can be viewed here.
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