WEST PALM BEACH, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2026) — A Palm Beach County man has filed a civil lawsuit against the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office over a crash that allegedly happened in West Palm Beach in 2024.
The complaint, filed as Jonathan Seliger v. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Case No. 502026CA005251XXXAMB, was submitted May 8, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. The case was filed with the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court.
Jonathan Seliger is the plaintiff. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is the defendant. The complaint lists Morgan & Morgan, P.A. as counsel for Seliger, through attorney Jared A. Levy. No defense law firm is listed in the complaint.
According to the filing, the lawsuit seeks damages exceeding $50,000, excluding costs, interest and attorneys’ fees. Seliger also demands a jury trial.
The complaint says the alleged crash occurred on or about Sept. 21, 2024. Seliger claims he was operating a motor vehicle in West Palm Beach on Southern Boulevard at or near the intersection of Benoist Farms Road.
At the same time and place, according to the complaint, Leroy Houck was operating a motor vehicle owned by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. The lawsuit claims Houck negligently operated the vehicle, causing a crash involving the vehicle Seliger was driving.
Seliger claims Houck breached a duty to use reasonable care and prudence while operating a motor vehicle in accordance with Florida motor vehicle law. The complaint alleges that breach caused or contributed to Seliger’s injuries.
The lawsuit claims Seliger suffered permanent bodily injuries. The complaint lists alleged damages including pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental anguish, inconvenience, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, medical expenses, hospitalization, nursing care and treatment, aggravation of a prior condition, activation of a latent condition, lost earnings and loss of future earning ability.
According to the complaint, the losses are described as permanent and continuing, and Seliger claims he will suffer additional losses in the future.
The lawsuit seeks to hold the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office liable because the agency allegedly owned the vehicle Houck was driving and consented to Houck operating it at the time of the crash. The complaint cites Florida’s Dangerous Instrumentality Doctrine as one basis for liability.
Seliger also claims the sheriff’s office is vicariously liable because Houck was allegedly operating the vehicle within the scope of his employment or agency with PBSO at the time of the crash.
The allegations are claims made by the plaintiff in a civil complaint. They have not been proven in court.
The original complaint, Jonathan Seliger v. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, Case No. 502026CA005251XXXAMB, as filed May 8, 2026, with the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court, can be viewed here.
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