The Parent’s Complete Guide to Trampoline Park Injuries in City of Everman, Texas

Prologue: The Sound of a Business Decision

A Texas mother named Kaitlin Hill took her three-year-old son, Colton, to a local trampoline park for a “Toddler Time” session. The facility was marketed as a safe sanctuary for small children. While the little boy was jumping, a larger child—older, heavier—landed on the same trampoline bed. The kinetic energy transfer was immediate. Colton’s femur, the strongest bone in the human body, snapped instantly. Kati later described the moment in a sentence that has haunted thousands of families across Tarrant County: “The worst scream that you could ever have heard from a child.”

Colton spent months in a body cast. His mother’s subsequent public warning was shared over 240,000 times because it ended with five words every parent in City of Everman fears: “We had no idea.”

We are the attorneys at Attorney911. We represent families in City of Everman whose lives have been upended by these facilities. We wrote this guide because the commercial trampoline park industry has spent millions of dollars on a marketing machine designed to make you believe these injuries are “freak accidents.”

The truth is much darker. A trampoline injury is rarely an accident. It is almost always the predictable output of a business decision. When a park in City of Everman or the greater Fort Worth metro decides to staff a Saturday rush with one teenager per three courts to save on labor costs, they are deciding that your child’s safety is worth less than their profit margin. When they allow a 200-pound adult onto the same mat as a 50-pound child, they are ignoring the laws of physics and the safety standards—ASTM F2970—that they helped write.

For over 25 years, Ralph Manginello has fought corporate giants like BP, Walmart, and Amazon. He has stood in trauma bays at Level 1 centers like Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, watching surgeons explain to parents in City of Everman why their child’s growth plate may never produce bone correctly again. Our team includes Lupe Peña, a former insurance defense attorney who used to write the very waiver language these parks rely on today. He knows where the holes are because he used to patch them.

If your family is sitting in a hospital room right now, or if you just received a call from an insurance adjuster asking for a “friendly recorded statement,” stop. Call us at 1-888-ATTY-911. The evidence clock in City of Everman is already ticking. By day ten, the surveillance video from the park will likely be overwritten. By day thirty, the teenager who witnessed the incident may have quit. We move faster than the industry.

Part I: The Saturated Landscape of Tarrant County

City of Everman sits in the epicenter of the trampoline park industry. Tarrant County is the home market for the giants. Urban Air Adventure Park is headquartered in Grapevine. Altitude Trampoline Park counts Fort Worth as its home base. Across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, there are over 30 facilities, including 17 Urban Air locations and several Altitude and Sky Zone parks.

When you live in City of Everman, you are in the backyard of the corporate parents. While being near the headquarters of Unleashed Brands (Urban Air) or Sky Zone, Inc. (formerly CircusTrix LLC) might feel like it ensures better oversight, a 2024 investigation by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram uncovered a disturbing reality: over 500 injury reports were filed at 21 regional trampoline parks in just seven years.

In City of Everman, we see a specific pattern of risk. Because we have such high park density, facilities compete on “wow factor.” They bolt on go-karts, ninja courses, Sky Rider ziplines, and climbing walls over concrete subfloors to keep kids coming back. But they often fail to increase the number of trained monitors to match the complexity of these secondary attractions.

Why City of Everman Families are Targets

Trampoline parks in our region thrive on birthday party economics. On a hot Saturday afternoon in July, when the Texas sun makes outdoor play impossible, families from City of Everman flock to indoor parks for climate-controlled recreation. These parks often operate at over-capacity. ASTM F2970, the industry’s own safety standard, specifies monitor-to-jumper ratios that are routinely ignored when the lobby is full of families from City of Everman.

We have handled the aftermath of these peak-hour collapses. We know that the 17-year-old monitor at the Urban Air or Sky Zone near City of Everman was likely hired two weeks ago and received less than four hours of safety training. When the double-bounce happens, they aren’t looking at the court; they are looking at the clock or their phone.

Part II: The Physics of the Double-Bounce (Energy Transfer at 1-888-ATTY-911)

Science doesn’t lie, and it doesn’t sign waivers. The most common mechanism of injury we litigate for families in City of Everman is the double-bounce.

When a 200-pound adult lands on a trampoline mat at the same moment a 50-pound child from City of Everman is pushing off, the trampoline functions as a catapult. The energy stored in the springs from the adult’s landing is transferred directly into the child’s upward momentum. This multiplier effect can increase the child’s launch force by up to 4x.

The child is not jumping; they are being thrown. This velocity creates apex heights the developing pediatric body cannot control on descent. When that child lands, the result is often a comminuted femoral shaft fracture or a Salter-Harris fracture of the distal tibia.

The Industry Standard the Park Violated

The trampoline park industry knows this physics perfectly. That is why they wrote ASTM F2970. This standard requires parks serving City of Everman to:

1. Enforce Age and Weight Separation: Larger jumpers should never be on the same bed as smaller children.
2. Maintain One Jumper Per Bed Rules: Open jump courts should be supervised to prevent energy transfer.
3. Active Monitoring: Attendants must be positioned to intervene before the double-bounce occur.

When we depose a park manager in a Tarrant County case, we quote ASTM F2970 from memory. We ask them why they allowed a weight mismatch that their own industry peers labeled “unreasonably dangerous” as far back as 2013. Most personal injury firms in City of Everman don’t even own a copy of the ASTM standards. We’ve memorized them.

Part III: The Modern Catastrophe – Harness and Bolt-On Attractions

Trampoline parks in the City of Everman area are no longer just about trampolines. They have evolved into “Family Entertainment Centers” (FECs), and with that evolution comes new ways to maim children.

The Climbing Wall Pattern (Matthew Lu and Lakhani Precedents)

In 2019, 12-year-old Matthew Lu went to an Altitude park for a birthday party. He scaled a climbing wall, but the staff failed to properly secure his harness. He fell 20 feet onto concrete and died. The park later admitted “human error” and removed the attraction.

We see this same pattern in our local Harris and Tarrant County courts. In the Lakhani v. Sugar Land Urban Air case, a 14-year-old fell 30 feet from a climbing wall because the attendant never attached the fall-protection equipment. Her ankles shattered and her spine compressed. The family reported that employees refused to help while she lay on the ground.

The Sky Rider Strangulation (Urban Air Pattern)

Urban Air’s signature “Sky Rider” zipline-coaster has a documented chain-wide pattern of strangulation and falls. From Newnan, Georgia, to parks across Texas, harness cords have tangled around children’s necks. In one 2023 incident, a father had to climb the netting himself because no employee intervened while his daughter was being strangled twelve feet in the air.

If your child was injured on a zipline, a ropes course, or a go-kart track at a facility in City of Everman, the trampoline waiver usually targets only “trampoline activities.” We use this scope-gap to dismantle their defense. A waiver for a trampoline shouldn’t shield a park from a defective go-kart or a negligent climbing wall attendant.

Part IV: The Texas Waiver Mirage – Why Your Signature Isn’t Final

The most frequent thing we hear from parents in City of Everman is: “but I signed the waiver on the iPad, I don’t think I have a case.”

That is exactly what the insurance adjusters at Palladium Equity (owner of Sky Zone/DEFY) and Seidler Equity (owner of Urban Air) want you to believe. They spend millions of dollars on “clickwrap” technology to give you the illusion of immunity.

In Texas, the “paper shield” is full of holes. Our associate attorney, Lupe Peña, spent years defending these facilities. He knows their playbook. Here is ours:

1. The Munoz Doctrine (Minor Rights)

Under Texas law, specifically following Munoz v. II Jaz, Inc., 863 S.W.2d 207 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1993), a parent cannot pre-emptively waive a minor child’s personal injury claim against a commercial operator. While you may have waived your own right to sue for the child’s medical bills, the child’s personal cause of action for pain, suffering, and permanent impairment stays alive.

2. The Gross Negligence Carve-Out

No waiver in the State of Texas can release a defendant from Gross Negligence. Under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 41.001(11) and the landmark Moriel ruling, gross negligence occurs when a park has subjective awareness of an extreme risk and proceeds with “conscious indifference.”

Look at the Cosmic Jump $11.485 Million verdict in Harris County. The teenager fell through a torn trampoline slide onto the concrete. The park knew the mat was ripped. They didn’t repair it. The jury found gross negligence, awarded $6 million in punitive damages, and rendered the signed waiver worthless.

3. The Dresser “Fair Notice” Rule

Texas courts follow the Dresser Industries v. Page Petroleum doctrine. For a waiver to be enforceable against an adult, it must be CONSPICUOUS. It cannot be buried in small print. It must use the word NEGLIGENCE expressly. Most iPad kiosks used in Tarrant County parks fail this test. If the text was on a 20-screen click-through that you were pressured to sign in 30 seconds at a City of Everman birthday party, it’s not conspicuous. It’s a mirage.

4. The Delfingen Spanish Attack

If your family’s primary language is Spanish and you were presented with an English-only iPad waiver at a park near City of Everman, the Delfingen US-Texas v. Valenzuela doctrine may void the agreement entirely. Texas courts have held that failing to provide a translated waiver to a non-English speaker is procedurally unconscionable. Lupe Peña habla con usted directamente—sin intérpretes.

Part V: Catastrophic Injuries – The Medicine We Litigate

A trampoline injury to a child in City of Everman is a biomechanical event. When we build your case, we don’t just talk to doctors; we retain the same expert medical network we utilize for our active $10 million University of Houston lawsuit.

Salter-Harris Growth Plate Fractures

In a growing child, the growth plates (physes) are made of cartilage and are the weakest point in the skeletal system. A Salter-Harris Type II or III fracture at age eight is a ten-year medical event. If the growth plate is destroyed by a bad foam pit landing, that leg may stop growing, leading to permanent limb-length discrepancy and corrective osteotomy surgeries at age 14. We utilize pediatric life-care planners to calculate the medical costs of your child’s entire childhood—not just the initial ER bill.

SCIWORA (The Silent Spinal Injury)

Children in City of Everman are susceptible to SCIWORA—Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality. Because pediatric spines are so flexible, a child can sustain a neck-first foam pit landing that stretches the spinal cord while the bones remain intact. An ER CT scan might look “normal,” but the child is paralyzed.

The Elle Yona TikTok case (June 2024, 27M views) is the viral face of this mechanism. She suffered a vertebral artery dissection causing a spinal cord infarction (stroke). It was initially misdiagnosed as a panic attack. We know how to screen for these neurovascular injuries. We know the AJR 2024 “Pediatric Trampoline Injuries Head to Toe” radiographic markers. If your child had a “normal” scan but still has numbness or pain, do not wait. Call 1-888-ATTY-911.

Exertional Rhabdomyolysis (The Rhabdo Bridge)

This is an emerging emergency. In hot Texas facilities running at 85°F without hydration breaks, children who jump for 90 minutes straight can develop exertional rhabdomyolysis. Their muscles literally rupture, releasing myoglobin that shuts down the kidneys.

• Symptoms: Cola-colored urine (brown), extreme muscle pain, vomiting, confusion.
• The Bridge: We currently litigate a $10M suit against a major university involving rhabdo. We already have the nephrology experts and the “muscle-to-organ breakdown” litigation protocols ready for your City of Everman case.

Part VI: The Evidence Destruction Clock – 48 Hours to Act

Trampoline parks are master of “disappearing” evidence. They have a playbook for minimizing their liability before you even leave the parking lot in City of Everman.

The “NOT Call 911” Protocol

We have documented public reviews from parents at the Southlake Urban Air—one of the largest in Tarrant County—stating that “employees are specifically instructed by management to NOT call 911.” Managers are told to downplay injuries, offer ice packs (or claim they have no ice), and pressure you to leave.

Why they do it: Every minute they delay 911 is a minute for witnesses to leave and for the DVR to get closer to overwriting.

Our 24-Hour Spoliation Protocol

The moment you retain Attorney911, our paralegal team deploys our Scaffold 01 Preservation Demand. We demand the park in City of Everman preserve:

• All Surveillance Video: Not just the “clip” of the fall, but all cameras and all angles for 24 hours. If their video “glitches” at the moment of injury (like in the Mathew Knight $3.5M Georgia case), we move for an adverse-inference instruction.
• Incident Report Metadata: Every park uses document management software that tracks every edit. If the manager “sanitizes” the report 48 hours later to blame your child, our digital forensics experts will find the original version.
• Kiosk Version History: We use the Wayback Machine to archive exactly what the waiver said on the day of your jump. Parks often “update” their waivers to fix legal holes after a major injury.

Part VII: Who We Sue – Pre-Merger Archeology

At Attorney911, we go upstream. The operator of a local City of Everman park is often an undercapitalized LLC with a $1M primary policy. That won’t cover a lifetime of care for a spinal cord injury.

We perform Corporate Structure Archeology on every case:

1. The Operator LLC: Direct direct-liability.
2. The Franchisee: The local owner group.
3. The Franchisor: UATP Management LLC (Urban Air) or Sky Zone Franchising LLC. Following the Damion Collins $15.6M Kansas award, we know the franchisor can be hit for 40% of the fault for failing to mandate safe equipment.
4. The Corporate Parent: Sky Zone, Inc. (f/k/a CircusTrix LLC) or Unleashed Brands.
5. The Private Equity Sponsor: Palladium Equity Partners or Seidler Equity. These firms approve the budgets that cut monitors to save pennies. We name them to reach the multi-million dollar excess and umbrella policies that generalist firms miss.

Part VIII: The Hidden Damages Most Firms Leave on the Table

If you get a settlement for your medical bills, you have lost. In City of Everman, we calculate the full life-care plan:

• Pediatric Brain Development Multiplier: A TBI at age seven affects neural pathways that haven’t formed yet. The impact on adult IQ and earnings is massive.
• IEP and Special Education Costs: We claim the next 12 years of tutoring and school aides your child wouldn’t have needed before the concussion.
• Tax-Adjusted Present Value: We ensure your child’s trust is funded with enough to cover medical inflation (which runs at 5-8% per year).
• Post-Splenectomy OPSI Risk: If your child lost their spleen to a direct-impact hit, they have a lifetime risk of overwhelming infection. Most firms don’t even know this is claimable. We do.

Part IX: Frequently Asked Questions for City of Everman Parents

“Can I sue if my child broke their leg at Sky Zone in City of Everman?”

Yes. A broken bone in a child is often a growth plate injury (Salter-Harris). If the injury was caused by a double-bounce or understaffing, the park is liable. In Texas, your child’s signature or your signature on a minor-waiver does not automatically bar the claim. Call us to evaluate the specific monitor-to-jumper ratio at the time of the break.

“Is the foam pit at the trampoline park really safe for my kid?”

According to the Teague Pediatrics 2024 study, foam pits have an injury rate of 1.91 per 1,000 jumpers—nearly double the rate of open jump. They are notoriously unsafe due to “compaction.” If the foam blocks aren’t rotated weekly, they lose their impact absorption. Landing headfirst into a compacted pit is the mechanism that caused Damion Collins’s paralysis and Ty Thomasson’s death.

“What happens if the trampoline park’s surveillance video is missing?”

In Tarrant County, we call this spoliation. If we sent a 24-hour preservation letter and the park “lost” the video, we ask the judge for sanctions. In the Mathew Knight case, a jury awarded $3.5 million partly because the defense video glitched on four cameras simultaneously. “Missing” video is often the strongest sign that the park was negligent.

“How long do I have to sue a trampoline park in Texas?”

The Statute of Limitations is technically two years. However, under Texas CPRC § 16.001, the clock is tolled (paused) for minors until their 18th birthday. You theoretically have until they turn 20. But do not wait. The evidence (video, the physical mat, witness memory) is gone in days. If you wait until your child is 18, the park will have changed owners, the manufacturer will have dissolved, and the evidence will be dust.

“Should I let the trampoline park’s insurance company pay my hospital bill?”

Never sign a “Med-Pay” release without a lawyer. This is a common tactic where the insurer offers to pay your $3,000 deductible in exchange for your signature on a form that releases all future claims. This is a trap. Your child’s future care will cost ten times that.

“Can I sue if grandma signed the waiver for my child?”

Under Texas Family Code § 153.073, only a parent or court-appointed conservator has the authority to sign for a minor. If an aunt, grandparent, or your friend’s mom signed the iPad for your kid at an Everman birthday party, the waiver has zero standing. The park admitted your child under an unauthorized signature.

Why City of Everman Families Choose Attorney911

We aren’t just lawyers; we are investigators. We don’t read ASTM F2970 for the first time when your file lands; we memorized it years ago. We are a firm of firsts: first to use the Dresser doctrine against iPad waivers, first to bridge the pathophysiology of rhabdo from hazing to trampolines, and among the first to realize that Tarrant County is the battleground for Urban Air and Altitude litigation.

We have gone head-to-head with some of the largest corporations in the energy and tech sectors. We aren’t intimidated by a fleet of corporate defense lawyers from Grapevine or Fort Worth. Our managing partner, Ralph Manginello, has spent over two decades making certain that when a company puts a margin target over a child’s life, they pay for it.

Chad Harris, one of our clients, said it best: “You are NOT just some client… You are FAMILY to them.” That is our promise to you. When you are sitting by your child’s bedside, we are working the scene.

Our Structural Advantages

• Lupe Peña: Access to the former insurance-defense playbook. He knows which waiver clauses are smoke and mirrors.
• BP Texas City Experience: We understand complex, multi-defendant litigation against Fortune 500 conglomerates.
• Bilingual Representation: Lupe Peña handles Spanish-language families natively, attacking the Delfingen formation gaps that other firms miss.
• Contingency Basis: You pay nothing unless we win. We advance the $50,000+ it costs to retain biomechanical engineers and pediatric specialists. Your child’s recovery fund stays intact.

The Path to Accountability Starts Today

What happened to your child at the park in City of Everman wasn’t an accident. It was the predictable output of a system.

• The system cut the attendant budget.
• The system ignored the AAP 1999 warning.
• The system didn’t call 911 fast enough.
• The system programmed its DVR to overwrite before you could hire a lawyer.

We are the fix for that system.

Your child’s case is decided by what gets preserved this week. If you wait, the Saturday afternoon that changed everything is gone from the hard drive. If you wait, the witness is gone.

Call 1-888-ATTY-911 now. Hablamos Español. Our forensic digital examiners and medical chronology specialists are ready to work on your file within the hour. No fee unless we win.

Every minute you delay a 911 call, a refund, or a phone call back is a minute the park’s surveillance gets closer to overwriting the truth. Let us preserve it for you.

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