One bounce. One bad landing. One broken neck. That is all it takes at a trampoline park.
For many families in Manor, a trip to an indoor jump center across the Travis County line or a weekend afternoon on a backyard trampoline on a lot off Highway 290 feels like harmless fun. You see the bright colors, you hear the music, and you see the laughter. But as trial attorneys who have spent more than 25 years fighting for catastrophic injury victims, we see something else. We see the physics of 1,000 Newtons of force hitting a child’s developing growth plate. We see the 5-layer corporate structure designed to hide the money we know is upstream. And we see the parent at the Dell Children’s Medical Center bedside, holding a signed waiver in one hand and their child’s hand in the other, thinking they have no rights.
We are here to tell you that what happened to your child in Manor was not a “freak accident.” It was the predictable output of a system that puts margin ahead of pediatric safety. Whether you were at a Sky Zone, an Urban Air, an Altitude, or an independent park near Manor, the rules that were supposed to protect your family were likely written by the industry itself to establish a floor, not a ceiling.
At Attorney911, led by managing partner Ralph Manginello, we have made corporate defendants pay for more than two decades. From the BP Texas City refinery litigation to our active $10 million lawsuit against the University of Houston involving rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure, we know how to dismantle a defense and pierce a corporate shield. Our team includes Lupe Peña, a former insurance defense attorney who used to write the very waiver language these parks rely on. He knows where the holes are because he used to try to plug them for the other side.
If your child was injured in a trampoline accident in Manor, do not take legal advice from a park manager or a “friendly” insurance adjuster. Call us at 1-888-ATTY-911. We answer 24/7, we speak Spanish, and our spoliation letter goes out within 24 hours of your call to freeze the evidence before it vanishes.
The Worst Scream: A Manor Parent’s Nightmare
Imagine a Saturday afternoon. You’ve driven from Manor toward Pflugerville or Round Rock for a birthday party. The court is packed. The music is loud. Your seven-year-old is on a trampoline bed, laughing. Suddenly, a teenager twice his size hops onto the same square. The kinetic energy transfer is instantaneous.
As Kati Hill, a mother who lived this nightmare, told ABC News after her son Colton broke his femur at a park during “Toddler Time”: “His feet hit the mat, and almost instantly his knees buckled down, and he just let out the worst scream that you could ever have heard from a child.”
Colton ended up in a body cast. Kati’s warning post was shared 240,000 times because it resonated with a terrifying truth parents in Manor need to hear: “We had no idea. We would have never put our baby boy on a trampoline if we had known.”
That scream isn’t just a sound; it’s the result of physics that the trampoline industry has known about for decades but refuses to stop. When your child is launched by a “double-bounce,” they aren’t jumping; they are being thrown by a catapult. In Manor, where youth sports and active play are part of our culture, we assume these venues are safe because the doors are open. But the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been warning since 1999 that trampolines do not belong in recreational settings.
When the snap happens, the park’s first move isn’t to help; it’s to point to the iPad you signed at the front desk. They want you to believe that the waiver ended your case before the ambulance even reached the Manor city limits. They are wrong. In Harris County, a jury awarded $11.485 million against Cosmic Jump after a teen fell through a torn mat onto concrete. The waiver was signed. The jury found gross negligence anyway. We know how to build that same architecture for your case.
Why Time is the Enemy in Manor Trampoline Cases
The moment you leave the park and head back toward Manor, a clock starts ticking that has nothing to do with the two-year Texas statute of limitations. This is the evidence-preservation clock, and in the trampoline industry, it moves at a breakneck pace.
Most park surveillance systems are set to overwrite their DVR footage every 7 to 30 days. If you wait three weeks to call a lawyer, the video of the attendant on his phone while your child was being double-bounced is gone forever. The incident report you filled out? In many parks, management instructs staff to “NOT call 911” and to downplay injuries in the documentation. We’ve seen reports that were “revised” days later to shift the blame onto the child.
Our firm doesn’t wait for discovery to start. Within 24 hours of being retained by a Manor family, we send a formal spoliation letter by certified mail and email to the park’s general manager and the franchisor’s corporate counsel. We demand the preservation of:
- Multi-angle surveillance footage from four hours before to four hours after the injury.
- Waiver kiosk metadata to prove the formation was defective or that grandma, not a legal guardian, signed it.
- Attendant training logs to see if the person watching your child was hired two weeks ago and received only two hours of video training.
- Daily inspection logs to prove the park knew about the torn padding or the compacted foam pit long before your child touched it.
If the park “happens to have a glitch” on their cameras at the exact moment of the injury—a pattern found in a Georgia case that resulted in a $3.5 million verdict—we know how to move for adverse inference sanctions. We treat evidence destruction as an admission of guilt.
Call 1-888-ATTY-911 today. Whether you are in Manor, Austin, or anywhere in Texas, your child’s case is decided by what gets preserved this week.
The Physics of Negligence: How Trampolines Maim
To win a case for a family in Manor, we don’t just argue that the park was “careless.” We use biomechanical engineering to prove that the injury was the mathematically certain result of a safety standard violation.
Double-Bounce Energy Transfer
ASTM F2970 is the safety standard the trampoline park industry wrote for itself. It requires parks to enforce age and weight separation. Why? Because of the physics of mass-ratio energy transfer. When a 200-pound adult lands on a bed while a 50-pound child from Manor is pushing off, the child’s launch force is multiplied by up to 4x. The child’s tibia isn’t designed to decelerate that force. The bone snaps before they even hit the mat.
The Foam Pit Illusion
Fosos de espuma (foam pits) are advertised as soft clouds. In reality, they are one of the most dangerous attractions in the park. If the foam cubes have compressed over months of use—a violation of ASTM F2970’s maintenance rules—your child can bottom out and strike the concrete floor beneath.
We documented this in the Shawn Parker case in West Texas, where the “pit” was actually just a dense pad. The medical literature, including the AJR 2024 “Pediatric Trampoline Injuries Head to Toe” essay, notes that up to 1.6% of all pediatric emergency trauma visits in the US are now trampoline-related. A head-first landing in a degraded foam pit can cause SCIWORA (Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality), where the child’s spine is paralyzed even if the X-ray looks “normal” at first.
Adjacent Attraction Failures
The Urban Air go-kart fatality of Emma Riddle in late 2025 and the Matthew Lu climbing wall death at Altitude Gastonia prove that the “side attractions” are often the deadliest. At those parks, minimum-wage staff are often tasked with securing complex harness systems. When an attendant in a park serving families from Manor fails to attach a fall-protection line—the mechanism in the Lakhani Sugar Land case—a child can fall 30 feet onto unpadded concrete.
We hold the franchisors accountable for these systemic training failures. In the Damion Collins case, an arbitrator awarded $15.6 million because there was a “systemic failure” by Urban Air to implement known safety changes. We don’t just sue the local LLC in Manor; we name the UATP Management and Seidler Equity partners who control the budget.
Texas Law: Your Rights in Manor
Texas is often seen as a “pro-business” state, but when it comes to your child’s safety, the law provides powerful tools that we use to defeat the park’s lawyers.
The Munoz Doctrine: Parental Waivers Are Void
If you are a parent in Manor and you signed that waiver at the kiosk, you might think you signed away your child’s rights. Under the landmark Texas case Munoz v. II Jaz Inc., you are wrong. Texas courts have held that a parent cannot bind a minor child to a pre-injury waiver of their personal injury claim. The child’s right to sue for their own damages—the lifetime of medical care, the lost earning capacity, the physical impairment—remains intact regardless of your signature.
The Dresser Test for Conspicuousness
For adult victims in Manor, we apply the Dresser Industries v. Page Petroleum “fair notice” doctrine. A Texas waiver must be conspicuous—it must jump out at you. If the release was buried in 20 pages of fine print on a lagging iPad screen, it likely fails the test. Furthermore, the waiver must expressly mention “negligence.” If it doesn’t meet these strict standards, it isn’t worth the digital ink it’s written with.
Gross Negligence and the Cosmic Jump Precedent
No waiver in Texas can release a defendant from “gross negligence.” Under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 41.001(11) and the Moriel case, gross negligence means the park had a subjective awareness of an extreme risk and chose to proceed with conscious indifference.
When we find an email from a park manager in Manor’s surrounding areas saying the foam pit needs replacement but “it’s not in the budget this month,” that is gross negligence. That is how the Cosmic Jump jury reached a $11.485 million verdict. We look for the decision-makers, not just the front-line staff.
The Delfingen Defense for Spanish-Speaking Families
Para las familias de Manor cuyo idioma principal es el español: si el parque le obligó a firmar un documento en inglés sin proporcionarle una traducción o una explicación clara, la doctrina Delfingen US-Texas v. Valenzuela puede invalidar esa renuncia. Lupe Peña habla su idioma y protegerá sus derechos.
Catastrophic Pediatric Injuries: Measuring the Lifetime Cost
A trampoline injury in Manor isn’t a “broken bone.” It is a disruption of a human life’s trajectory. We use a level of medical specificity that forces insurance adjusters to acknowledge the true depth of the damage.
Salter-Harris Growth Plate Fractures
When a Manor child breaks a bone on a trampoline, it almost always involve the “physis”—the growth plate. A Salter-Harris Type II or III fracture at age nine means that bone might stop growing, or grow crookedly, for the next decade. We don’t settle for the ER bill. We retain pediatric orthopedic surgeons to forecast the next ten years of monitoring and potential corrective surgeries.
TBI and Developing Brains
Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) in children are uniquely devastating. A concussion at a park near Manor can cause academic regression, behavioral shifts, and executive function loss that won’t fully manifest for years. We apply a pediatric brain-development multiplier to our damages calculations because a “mild” TBI in a developing brain is anything but mild.
Exertional Rhabdomyolysis
If your child came home to Manor after two hours at a trampoline park and complained of rock-hard muscles and “cola-colored” urine, they may be in acute kidney failure. This is rhabdo. We are currently litigating a $10 million case involving this exact pathology. We know the lab work, the nephrology experts, and the institutional failure that leads to this condition in overheated, un-hydrated facilities.
The 5-Layer Stack: Who Really Pays?
When we “sue Sky Zone,” we are actually entering a chess match against a sophisticated corporate structure. The operator LLC in the Austin area or Round Rock is usually a shell. We go upstream:
- The Operator LLC: The local business.
- The Franchisee: The multi-unit owner.
- The Franchisor: Sky Zone Franchising LLC or UATP Management.
- The Corporate Parent: Sky Zone, Inc. (renamed from CircusTrix) or Unleashed Brands.
- The Private Equity Sponsor: Palladium Equity Partners or Seidler Equity.
We pierce these layers by showing the “apparent agency”—that the branding and rules created by the parent company were the reason you felt the park was safe. We follow the money to the umbrella and excess insurance layers that reach $25 million to $100 million.
Why Choose Attorney911 for Your Manor Case?
We aren’t a volume firm that takes every slip-and-fall. We are a catastrophic injury firm that built a dedicated practice around trampoline park litigation.
- Federal Court Experience: Ralph Manginello is admitted to the Southern District of Texas and has fought Fortune 500 companies for 25 years.
- Defense-Side Secrets: Lupe Peña knows their playbook because he used to help write it.
- Medical Mastery: Our UH rhabdo litigation has given us a network of experts that no other firm in Central Texas can match.
- Zero Upfront Cost: You pay us nothing unless we win. We advance the costs for the biomechanical engineers and life-care planners that these cases require.
As our client Chad Harris said: “You are NOT just some client… You are FAMILY to them.” That is our promise to Manor families. We represent the parent standing in the trauma bay at Dell Children’s, and we stay with you until the deepest pockets in the industry have paid for what they allowed to happen.
Frequently Asked Questions for Manor Families
Can I sue if I signed the paper at the front desk?
Yes. In Texas, moves are currently underway to make it harder, but Munoz v. II Jaz still protects your child’s independent right to seek compensation. If the park was grossly negligent—ignoring broken equipment or staffing at unsafe levels—no waiver on earth will protect them.
What if the park says it was my child’s own fault?
Trampoline parks often try to blame the victim for “horseplay” or “rule-breaking.” Under Texas comparative negligence law (CPRC § 33), as long as your child was 50% or less at fault, they can still recover. More importantly, children under a certain age are legally presumed incapable of negligence. We turn the blame back on the “court monitors” who were paid to supervise.
How much is my child’s case worth?
It depends on the severity. But consider this: a pediatric spinal cord injury case anchors in the $5M to $15M range. A Salter-Harris fracture with growth arrest can settle for $500K to $2M. We build a Life-Care Plan that itemizes every cent your child will need for the rest of their life.
What should I do if the park’s insurance adjuster calls my Manor home?
Do not speak to them. Do not provide a recorded statement. One of our attorneys, Lupe Peña, used to train these adjusters. Every question they ask is designed to get you to admit your child wasn’t hurt or that you didn’t watch them closely enough. Tell them you are represented by Attorney911 and hang up.
How long do we have to start a case?
While the statute is two years, the evidence disappears in days. If your child was hurt near Manor, call us within the first week. Every hour the surveillance video sits in that DVR is an hour closer to it being overwritten.
Mandatory Spoliation: Preserving Your Future
By Day 10, the video proof is gone. By Day 30, the “version history” of the waiver can be purged. By Day 60, the attendant who saw the adult land on your child has quit and moved to another state.
We file fast. We investigate aggressively. We don’t rely on the park’s “good faith.” We rely on the law and the experts we’ve spent two decades recruiting. What happened to your family in Manor wasn’t an accident. It was the result of a business that chose profit over your child’s skeleton.
The park has lawyers. The franchisor has lawyers. The private equity firm has a fleet of them. You need a hammer on your side.
Call 1-888-ATTY-911. Hablamos Español. No fee unless we win.
What is preserved this week determines what is paid next year. Let’s get to work.
Additional Legal Protections for Manor Residents
Secondary Venue Liability
If the injury happened at a Manor ISD event, a summer camp, or a daycare with a “bounce house” or trampoline, different rules apply. Public schools have sovereign immunity protections that require immediate administrative notice. Daycares are often prohibited by Texas licensing rules from having trampolines at all—meaning the injury is evidence of regulatory non-compliance.
Backyard Manufacturer Defect
If the net gave out on your Jumpking, Skywalker, or Springfree trampoline in your Manor backyard, the homeowner’s insurance might exclude the claim. We look at the manufacturer. Many trampolines have been subject to CPSC recalls for breaking welds or tearing fabric. We pursue the product liability tower that most families don’t know exists.
Attractive Nuisance
In Texas, if a neighbor’s child in Manor wandered onto your property and was hurt on your trampoline, the “attractive nuisance” doctrine applies. It holds that property owners must protect children who can’t appreciate danger. We help families navigate these sensitive neighborhood claims with the insurance carriers to get the child the care they need without destroying neighborhood relationships.
The “Not Call 911” Pattern
If you were told at an Austin-area park that “an ambulance isn’t necessary” or “just take him to a clinic,” you may have been a victim of the “Don’t Call 911” protocol. This is a documented industry practice designed to reduce the count of emergency dispatches to a facility’s address. We treat this as evidence of a conspiracy to downplay injuries and maximize profit—a key element in seeking punitive damages.
Important Resources for Trampoline Injury Victims
- Dell Children’s Medical Center: The Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center serving Manor.
- ASTM F2970-22: The current commercial jump park safety standard.
- CPSC NEISS Database: Where federal trampoline injury stats are tracked.
- Attorney911 24/7 Hotline: 888-ATTY-911.
You are not alone. You are family to us. Let Ralph Manginello and Lupe Peña carry the legal weight so you can focus on your child’s recovery in Manor.
Call 1-888-ATTY-911.
