At the Urban Air in the Town of Sanctuary area, or the high-traffic Sky Zone courts nearby in Tarrant County, a Saturday afternoon can change a family’s life in the span of a single second. You were there for a birthday party. You signed the waiver on the iPad because the line was long and your child was excited. You watched them walk onto the court, trust placed in the monitors and the bright, padded equipment. Then, you heard it—what Texas mother Kati Hill once described to ABC News as “the worst scream that you could ever have heard from a child.”
One bad landing. One double-bounce by a teenager twice your child’s size. One failed harness on a climbing wall. Suddenly, the fun stops, and the nightmare begins.
If your child was injured at a trampoline park in Town of Sanctuary, or if you were hurt on a defective backyard trampoline in one of our local neighborhoods, we know the terror and the guilt you feel. We also know what the insurance company is about to do. They are going to tell you that the waiver you signed ends your case. They are going to tell you the injury was an “inherent risk.”
They are wrong.
At Attorney911, led by managing partner Ralph Manginello with over 25 years of courtroom experience, we don’t accept the park’s version of the story. Our team includes a former insurance defense attorney who used to write the very waivers these parks use. We know where the holes are. We know how to pierce the corporate layers of companies like Sky Zone, Inc. and Unleashed Brands. We handle cases in Town of Sanctuary and across the state of Texas with one goal: maximum accountability for families who have been broken by corporate negligence.
The Reality of Trampoline Injuries in Town of Sanctuary
Trampoline parks have exploded in popularity across North Texas, but the safety regulations have not kept pace. In fact, Texas is one of 39 states with no mandatory statewide trampoline park safety act. There is no state agency in Austin that inspects every trampoline bed or verifies the training of the teenagers hired to monitor those courts.
The data is devastating. According to current peer-reviewed research published in Pediatrics (Teague et al., 2024), there are approximately 1.91 injuries for every 1,000 jumper-hours in foam pits alone. Nationally, more than 300,000 trampoline-related ER visits occur every year. In a metro area like ours, spanning from Town of Sanctuary into Fort Worth and the wider DFW grid, that translates to thousands of local children ending up in trauma bays at facilities like Cook Children’s Medical Center.
We aren’t just talking about “accidents.” We are talking about the predictable results of business decisions. When a park in the Town of Sanctuary area decides to operate at a 1:60 monitor-to-jumper ratio on a Saturday instead of the industry-recommended 1:32, they are choosing margin over your child’s safety. When they leave a foam pit un-rotated for weeks, allowing it to compact until a child hits the concrete floor beneath, they are choosing profit over your child’s spine.
Why the Waiver You Signed in Town of Sanctuary is Not a Wall
The first thing the adjuster from the park’s insurance company will say is, “You signed a waiver.” They want you to believe your case is over before it starts. In Texas, that is a lie designed to save them money.
Our associate attorney Lupe Peña knows the defense playbook because he used to help write it. We attack Texas trampoline waivers on three primary fronts:
- Gross Negligence: Under Texas law and the landmark Transportation Insurance Co. v. Moriel decision, a waiver cannot release a defendant from gross negligence. If the park knew a trampoline was torn—like in the Cosmic Jump $11.485 million Harris County verdict—and let children jump anyway, the waiver fails.
- Parental Rights (Munoz v. II Jaz): Texas courts have long held that a parent cannot bind a minor child to a pre-injury waiver of the child’s own personal injury claim. Your signature might affect your own rights, but it rarely bars your child from seeking justice for their injuries.
- The Delfingen Doctrine: Many families in Town of Sanctuary speak Spanish as their primary language. If you were presented with an English-only waiver on a digital kiosk and pressured to sign it without a translation, Delfingen US-Texas v. Valenzuela provides a path to void that agreement. Lupe Peña is a native Spanish speaker who speaks directly to our clients—no interpreters, no delays.
We don’t argue with the waiver; we dismantle it. We have gone toe-to-toe with Fortune 500 corporations like BP and Walmart. The parent companies behind Sky Zone, Urban Air, and Altitude don’t intimidate us.
The Physics of a Catastrophe: Why Trampolines Maim Children
In a single jump, a trampoline can become a weapon. The biomechanics of these injuries are specialized, and most law firms don’t understand them. We do.
The Double-Bounce Multiplier
This is the signature trampoline park injury. It happens when a heavier jumper lands just as a lighter jumper is pushing off. The energy transfer can multiply the child’s launch force by up to 4x. The child isn’t jumping anymore; they are being launched like a projectile. This mechanism is responsible for shattered femurs and the “trampoline fracture” (proximal tibial metaphyseal buckle fracture) common in children under six.
The Foam Pit Trap
Foam pits look soft, but they are often the site of permanent paralysis. If the foam is compacted or shallow—violating ASTM F2970 standards—a head-first entry results in axial loading on the cervical spine. This can cause SCIWORA (Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality), where the child’s spinal cord is damaged even if the X-rays look normal. By the time the symptoms manifest, the damage is often permanent.
Rhabdomyolysis and Extended Jumping
This is an under-reported medical emergency our firm is uniquely positioned to handle. We are currently litigating a $10 million lawsuit against the University of Houston involving rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure. This same pathology occurs when children in Town of Sanctuary are pushed to jump for 90 to 120 minutes in hot, poorly ventilated parks without proper hydration. The muscles break down, releasing toxins that shut down the kidneys. If your child has dark, cola-colored urine after a park visit, go to the ER immediately.
48-Hour Evidence Preservation in Town of Sanctuary
The clock is ticking against your case from the moment you leave the park. In Town of Sanctuary and across North Texas, trampoline park evidence is engineered to disappear.
- Surveillance Video: Most park DVR systems overwrite themselves every 7 to 30 days.
- Incident Reports: We often find that the “final” report produced in discovery has been “revised” from the original handwritten notes taken at the scene.
- Waiver Metadata: Kiosk databases can purge session data on a 72-hour rolling cycle.
Our spoliation letter goes out within 24 hours of you hiring us. We demand the preservation of training logs for the specific teenager who was on the court, the maintenance records for every spring on that bed, and every frame of video from every angle. We use forensic digital tools to ensure that if the park tries to hide evidence, we catch them.
The 12-Layer Insurance Tower: Finding the Deep Pockets
The park manager might tell you, “We only have a $1 million policy.” That is usually the first layer of a much larger insurance tower.
When we investigate a case in Town of Sanctuary, we look for:
- The Operator’s Primary GL ($1M-$5M)
- The Franchisee’s Umbrella ($5M-$25M)
- The Franchisor’s Additional-Insured Coverage (Sky Zone Franchising, Urban Air, etc.)
- The Parent Corporation’s Tower (Unleashed Brands, Palladium Equity Partners)
- The Equipment Manufacturer’s Product Liability (Jumpking, Skywalker, etc.)
We’ve recovered multi-million dollar settlements for victims of traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord trauma. We know that a catastrophic injury requires a lifetime of care. A “broken leg” at age eight can lead to a growth plate arrest that causes limb-length discrepancy at age fourteen. That isn’t just an ER bill; it’s a Pediatric Life-Care Plan costing millions of dollars over the child’s lifetime.
Why Choose Attorney911 for Your Town of Sanctuary Case?
Most personal injury firms handle a trampoline case like a simple slip-and-fall. They don’t know ASTM F2970. They don’t know the difference between a Salter-Harris II and IV fracture. They don’t have an attorney who used to represent the insurance companies.
We are different.
- 25+ Years of Experience: Ralph Manginello has been making corporate defendants pay since 1998.
- Hablamos Español: Lupe Peña eliminates the language gap the insurance company wants to use against you.
- No Fee Unless We Win: We advance all the costs of the case. We pay for the biomechanical engineers, the pediatric surgeons, and the safety experts. You pay nothing until we recover money for you.
- Proven Results: From the BP Texas City refinery explosion to our current $10M UH rhabdo case, we handle the most complex medical and corporate litigation in Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions for Town of Sanctuary Families
Can I sue if I signed the waiver at a Town of Sanctuary area park?
Yes. As we discussed, Texas law has significant carve-outs for gross negligence and minor rights. If the park violated industry safety standards or failed to properly supervise the courts, the waiver is often unenforceable.
How long do I have to file a lawsuit in Texas?
The statute of limitations for personal injury in Texas is generally two years. However, for a minor child, the clock is “tolled” until they turn 18, meaning they have until their 20th birthday. Warning: While the legal clock is long, the evidence clock is short. If you wait, the video of the accident will be gone.
Who is responsible if my child was double-bounced by another kid?
The park is responsible for supervising the courts and enforcing age/weight separation. ASTM F2970 requires monitors to separate jumpers by size to prevent energy transfer injuries. Allowing a weight-mismatch on the same bed is a breach of the park’s duty of care.
What is a “growth plate” injury and why does it matter?
A child’s bones grow from cartilaginous areas called growth plates or physes. A Salter-Harris fracture through these areas can stop bone growth entirely or cause the bone to grow crooked. We work with pediatric orthopedic experts to project the long-term surgical needs of these injuries to ensure your settlement covers your child’s future.
Is the “Sky Rider” or climbing wall covered by the same rules?
These are “adjacent attractions.” In Texas, many of these are classified as Class B inflatable amusement rides and are actually regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), whereas the trampolines are not. We pull TDI inspection records to see if these rides were even legal to operate on the day of your injury.
Contact Attorney911 Today
What happened to your child at the trampoline park was not an accident—it was the predictable output of a system that puts growth and margins ahead of family safety. The park has a risk management team working right now to minimize your claim. You need a team that is already three steps ahead of them.
Call 1-888-ATTY-911 (1-888-288-9911). We are available 24/7 to speak with you. We have offices in Houston, Austin, and Beaumont, and we represent families in Town of Sanctuary and throughout the country.
1-888-ATTY-911. Hablamos Español. No fee unless we win. The case starts today.
