“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.”
That is what Kati Hill told ABC News after her three-year-old son, Colton, suffered a broken femur at a trampoline park. Colton spent next several months in a body cast that reached from his waist to his ankles. Kati’s warning to other parents was shared over 240,000 times on social media. She ended her message with a haunting realization: “We had no idea. We would have never put our baby boy on a trampoline if we would have known.”
If you are a parent in the City of Bryan reading this right now, chances are you are in a similar state of shock. Maybe you were just at the Urban Air on Briarcrest Drive or Jumping World on Wildflower Drive. Maybe what started as a Saturday afternoon outing or a birthday party in the Brazos Valley ended in a frantic drive to a trauma bay. You watched your child go airborne, heard that same sickening snap, and then saw the monitors—mostly teenagers—stand by with clipboards instead of calling for help.
At Attorney911, we know what you’re going through. We are a firm built for this specific fight. Our founder, Ralph Manginello, has spent more than 25 years holding major corporations accountable. Our team includes Lupe Peña, an attorney who spent years on the other side of the table defending insurance companies and recreational facilities against these exact claims. He knows their playbook because he helped write it.
We represent families. We represent children. We represent the parent sitting in a hospital room in the City of Bryan watching a surgeon explain that a growth plate has been destroyed at age nine. Through our Houston, Austin, and Beaumont offices, we handle catastrophic injury cases across Texas and the nation on a contingency fee basis—meaning you pay nothing unless we win.
One Jump, a Lifetime of Consequences: The Reality of Injuries in the City of Bryan
Trampolines are arguably the most dangerous consumer recreational product in America. Currently, the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR 2024) reports that up to 1.6% of all pediatric emergency department trauma visits in the U.S. are trampoline-related. That isn’t a small number. It represents a massive public health crisis that is often hidden behind colorful pads and neon lights.
In the City of Bryan and throughout the Bryan-College Station metro, families rely on indoor jump parks to escape the brutal Texas heat. When the temperature on Highway 6 hits 100 degrees, parks like Urban Air and Jumping World reach peak capacity. But as the jumpers crowd the courts, the safety standards frequently collapse.
A study published in Pediatrics in January 2024 by Teague et al. tracked over 13,000 injuries from 8.4 million jumper-hours. The data is clear: foam pits and high-performance jumping areas produce significant injury rates. Foam pit injury rates sit at 1.91 per 1,000 jumper-hours, while high-performance jumping reaches 2.11 per 1,000.
Most people assume the trampoline mat is the “safe” part of the park. It isn’t. When a 200-pound adult lands on a mat at the same moment a 60-pound child is pushing off, the physics are devastating. The energy transfer can multiply the child’s launch force by up to 400%. The child isn’t just jumping; they are being catapulted with a force their skeleton was never designed to absorb.
This is how traumatic brain injuries happen. This is how spinal cord infarctions happen. This is how we end up representing children with Salter-Harris growth plate fractures that will require medical monitoring for the next decade.
The Standard of Care: Why “Freak Accidents” Don’t Exist
When you talk to a park manager in the City of Bryan after an injury, they will likely call it a “freak accident” or an “unfortunate risk of the sport.” We don’t accept that framing. Neither should you.
There is a specific, industry-written standard called ASTM F2970 that governs commercial trampoline courts. It covers everything from attendant-to-jumper ratios to foam pit depth and age-separated jumping zones. The trampoline park industry wrote this standard themselves to establish a safety floor. When a park in the City of Bryan fails to enforce these rules, they aren’t just being careless—they are violating a standard their own peers admitted was necessary to prevent injury.
While many states treat these standards as voluntary, the duty of care in Texas is clear. If a park operates below the industry standard to save on labor costs or increase throughput, they are accepting a known risk at the expense of your child’s safety.
Most personal injury firms can’t tell you what ASTM F2970 requires. We can cite it from memory. When we depose a park’s operations manager in the City of Bryan, we often know their safety manuals better than they do. We know that the foam pit needs a minimum depth and that compressed foam cubes lose their deceleration capacity over time. We know that “Toddler Time” isn’t a suggestion; it is a life-saving segregation of weight classes mandated by the physics of rebound energy.
The Corporate Structure: Piercing the Shield
If your child was hurt at a park in the City of Bryan, you aren’t just up against a local small business. You are up against a layered corporate tower designed to shield the people with the most money from liability.
National chains like Sky Zone and Urban Air are backed by massive private equity firms. Sky Zone, Inc. (formerly known as CircusTrix LLC) is backed by Palladium Equity Partners. Urban Air is part of Unleashed Brands, which was acquired by Seidler Equity Partners in 2023. These parent companies oversee hundreds of parks, grossing hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
When a local operator LLC in the City of Bryan is undercapitalized and carries a low insurance policy, the defense lawyers will try to tell you the money stops there. We go upstream. We have experience going head-to-head with Fortune 500 companies, including our work in the BP Texas City refinery litigation. We aren’t intimidated by a fleet of corporate lawyers or a complex franchise agreement.
We look for “apparent agency.” The branding, the uniforms, the unified website, and the corporate-mandated safety videos all lead parents in the City of Bryan to believe they are doing business with the national brand. In many cases, like the $15.6 million Damion Collins award against Urban Air, the franchisor can be held accountable for “systemic failure” in its safety training and implementation.
The Truth About the Waiver You Signed in the City of Bryan
Before your child stepped onto the court, the park likely handed you an iPad and asked you to “sign in.” You were probably in a hurry, there was a line behind you, and the font was small. You clicked “I agree” and moved on.
Now, the insurance adjuster is pointing at that digital signature as if it’s an absolute wall. It isn’t. In Texas, waivers are governed by strict “fair notice” and “express negligence” doctrines established in cases like Dresser Industries v. Page Petroleum. If the waiver wasn’t conspicuous—if the legal release was buried in a sea of text—it may not be enforceable.
More importantly, Texas courts have historically held in cases like Munoz v. II Jaz Inc. that a parent cannot bind a minor child to a pre-injury waiver. While the 2025 Texas Supreme Court ruling in Cerna v. Pearland Urban Air has made certain arbitration clauses harder to beat, the underlying claim for your child’s injury remains valid.
Furthermore, no waiver in Texas can release a company from “gross negligence.” If the park in the City of Bryan knew about a torn mat (as in the $11.485 million Max Menchaca v. Cosmic Jump case) or knowingly maintained staffing levels below the standard, the waiver fails. Our team knows how to find the holes in these “ironclad” agreements. Lupe Peña’s background in insurance defense is our clients’ greatest advantage—he knows exactly which clauses are full of holes under Texas law.
The 7-Day Evidence Clock: Why Speed Matters in City of Bryan Cases
The most critical thing you need to know right now is that the evidence is disappearing.
Trampoline park surveillance systems are often set to overwrite footage every 7 to 30 days. The waiver kiosk database may purge session history on a 72-hour rolling cycle. The teenage monitor who was on his phone when your child broke their arm might quit or move to a different job in College Station next week.
Every minute the park delays—by offering you a refund, asking for “more information,” or telling you they’re “looking into it”—is a minute that the video evidence of their negligence gets closer to being gone forever.
We send a formal spoliation letter by certified mail within 24 hours of being retained. We demand the preservation of the DVR hard drives, the inspection logs, the time-clock records, and the original incident reports before they can be “sanitized” by senior management. We move faster than the park’s risk management team.
In the City of Bryan, we also investigate the specific attractions. Many parks use “Class B” inflatable rides like bungee trampolines or zip coasters. These are regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), and we pull the state inspection records under the Texas Public Information Act to see if the park was in compliance with state law on the day of the injury.
Identifying the Mechanism: How We Build Your Claim
To win a trampoline injury case in the City of Bryan, we have to prove how the injury happened and why it was preventable. We utilize a network of experts, including biomechanical engineers, pediatric orthopedic surgeons, and ASTM compliance specialists.
The Double-Bounce
This is the most frequent cause of catastrophic fracture. When two people of unequal weight jump together, the kinetic energy from the larger person launches the smaller person. The smaller jumper’s bones, which are still growing and less ossified, snap under the pressure of the landing. If the monitor at the Jumping World in the City of Bryan allowed an adult and a child on the same bed, they breached the most fundamental rule of trampoline safety.
The Foam Pit Catastrophe
Foam pits look like soft clouds. To a child, they seem like the safest place in the park. Physics says otherwise. If the pit hasn’t been “fluffed” or the foam cubes have compressed, the pit loses its depth. A child landing head-first can strike the hard concrete floor beneath the foam. This axial loading is the mechanism for cervical spine injuries and paralysis. We cite the Seitz v. AirMaxx $3 million settlement as a reminder: the park’s knowledge of prior “bottoming out” incidents is the key to proving gross negligence.
The Harness Failure
In parks like Urban Air Bryan, children climb thirty feet into the air on climbing walls or “Sky Rider” ziplines. These attractions rely on a human monitor to secure a harness. In the Ispahani case in Sugar Land, the family alleged the harness was strapped but the fall-protection line was never attached. A thirty-foot fall onto concrete is almost always life-altering. We hold the franchisor accountable for the lack of redundant safety systems and the hiring of undertrained staff.
Exertional Rhabdomyolysis
This is a medical emergency that follows extended jumping in typical Texas conditions. If your child jumped for ninety minutes in a hot indoor park in the City of Bryan, drank a sugary soda, and arrived at the ER a day later with dark “cola-colored” urine and acute kidney failure, they have rhabdomyolysis. We are currently litigating a $10 million lawsuit against the University of Houston involving this exact condition. We know the doctors, the labs, and the science required to prove the park’s environment caused your child’s kidneys to shut down.
A Higher Standard for Bryan-College Station Families
We understand the City of Bryan. We know that families here value hard work, community, and the safety of their children above all else. We know that a call to an attorney is often the last thing a parent wants to do. You want to focus on the rehab, the physical therapy, and getting your child back into school at Bryan ISD or onto the field.
But the trampoline park has already made their decision. Their insurers have already started their defense. They aren’t going to volunteer the money your child will need for a corrective osteotomy at age fourteen or the special education accommodations they might need after a brain injury.
As client Chad Harris once said, “You are NOT just some client… You are FAMILY to them.” We treat our neighbors in the City of Bryan with that level of respect. We advance all costs for the experts and the investigation. If we don’t recover money for you, you don’t owe us a dime.
Hablamos Español. Llame al 1-888-ATTY-911. Lupe Peña habla con usted directamente—sin intérpretes. Entendemos que muchas familias en el Condado de Brazos prefieren hablar sobre estos temas delicados en su idioma natal. Estamos aquí para proteger sus derechos sin importar su estatus o su idioma.
Frequently Asked Questions for Parents in the City of Bryan
If I signed the waiver at the Urban Air in Bryan, does that mean I can’t sue?
No. In Texas, waivers do not cover gross negligence or reckless conduct. Furthermore, Texas law generally forbids a parent from signing away a minor child’s right to sue for personal injuries. The waiver is a defense tactic, but it is rarely a complete bar to recovery.
How do I know if my child’s injury is “catastrophic”?
In legal terms, a catastrophic injury is one that has permanent, life-altering consequences. For a child in the City of Bryan, this includes any fracture involving a growth plate (Salter-Harris), traumatic brain injury (even a “mild” concussion with cognitive symptoms), and any neck or back injury. If the injury will affect your child’s growth, academic performance, or future ability to work, it is catastrophic.
The park manager in Bryan was very nice and offered to pay our medical deductible. Should I take it?
We call this the “Med-Pay Trojan Horse.” The park’s insurer offers a small amount—usually $1,500 to $5,000—hoping you will sign a release that ends your million-dollar case before you even know how serious the injury is. Never sign a release or deposit a check from the park without having an attorney review the language.
How long do I have to file a claim in Texas?
The standard statute of limitations for personal injury in Texas is two years. However, for a minor child, that clock is “tolled” (paused) until their 18th birthday. This gives them until age 20 to file. While the legal deadline might seem far away, the evidence deadline is much tighter. Surveillance video and witness memories in the City of Bryan can vanish in as little as 30 days.
What if my child was injured by another jumper?
The park is responsible for supervising the courts. If an adult was allowed to double-bounce a child, or if a teenager was allowed to play dodgeball with a toddler, the park has failed its duty to separate age and weight classes. They cannot outsource their safety responsibility to the other patrons.
Why Your Local Trauma Center Benchmark Matters
When a child is hurt at a park in the City of Bryan, they often end up at St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital or are transferred to a Level 1 pediatric trauma center like Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. We understand the medical journey. We know the difference between a simple break and a comminuted fracture requiring open reduction internal fixation (ORIF).
The medical records from these facilities are the cornerstone of your case. We work with medical chronology specialists to document every procedure, every day in the ICU, and every physical therapy session. Your child’s recovery is the priority; our job is to ensure the people who caused the injury pay for every second of that recovery.
The 60-Minute Session Cost: Margin Over Safety?
Think about the business model. Trampoline parks in the City of Bryan sell time. Usually, it’s 60, 90, or 120-minute blocks. The more people they can fit into those minutes, the higher their profit.
When the park chooses to run at a 1:60 monitor-to-jumper ratio instead of the recommended 1:32, they are choosing margin over your child’s life. When they skip the monthly deep-inspection of the trampoline frames to save on maintenance labor, they are choosing margin.
Our mission is to change that math. We want to make it more expensive to be negligent than to be safe. By pursuing the national franchisor and the private equity parents, we send a message that Bryan-College Station families will not be treated as line items on a spreadsheet.
The Life-Care Plan: Building Your Child’s Future
For a child who has been paralyzed or sustained a permanent brain injury, the damages count doesn’t stop at the ER bill. We utilize life-care planners to forecast every medical need your child will have for the next seventy years.
- Annual specialist visits through skeletal maturity.
- Corrective surgeries to address leg-length discrepancies.
- Educational aides and assistive technology for TBI recovery.
- Professional counseling for PTSD and trauma.
- Modified vehicles and home renovations for accessibility.
A “settlement” that doesn’t account for these things isn’t a settlement—it’s a failure. We anchor our damages math in national benchmarks and the local costs of care for the City of Bryan region. We don’t guess at your child’s needs; we prove them with experts.
The No-Fee Guarantee for Brazos County Families
You are already facing the stress of a mounting pile of medical bills and the emotional toll of seeing your child in pain. The last thing you need is a bill from a law firm.
At Attorney911, we operate on a strict contingency fee model.
- Zero upfront costs.
- No hourly fees.
- We advance all case expenses.
- You pay nothing unless we win.
We believe that every family in the City of Bryan deserves the same level of representation as the billion-dollar insurance companies they are fighting. Whether your kid was hurt at a trampoline park, a school gym, or on a defective Jumpking in your neighbor’s yard, we are ready to take the case.
Call 1-888-ATTY-911 Today
The surveillance video is being overwritten. The incident report is being changed. The park’s risk management team is already at work. What are you doing?
Don’t let them tell you the waiver is solid. Don’t let them tell you it was your fault. Don’t let them tell you the local LLC is the only one liable.
Ralph Manginello and the team at Attorney911 have spent 25 years winning these fights. We have the medical knowledge, the ASTM expertise, and the corporate litigation experience to bridge the gap between your child’s injury and the justice they deserve.
Call us 24/7 at 1-888-288-9911 or (888) ATTY-911. We can meet with you in the City of Bryan, in our Houston office, or via video conference today.
Your child’s case depends on what you do in the next 7 days. Make the call.
FAQ: More Answers for Bryan Parents
Q: Can I sue if my child was hurt at a neighbor’s house in the City of Bryan?
A: Yes, under the “attractive nuisance” doctrine. In Texas, if a homeowner has a trampoline that attracts children but doesn’t have a fence or a way to secure it, they can be liable if a child wanders over and gets hurt. We would look at the homeowner’s insurance and any potential defects in the trampoline itself.
Q: What if a park employee told me they weren’t allowed to call an ambulance?
A: This is a major red flag that points to gross negligence. If the park in the City of Bryan has a policy of downplaying injuries to avoid 911 calls, that is evidence of conscious indifference to the safety of your child. We would immediately subpoena the corporate directives and interview former employees.
Q: Is “Toddler Time” actually safer?
A: Not necessarily. While it keeps bigger kids off the floor, the underlying equipment is still designed for older jumpers. ASTM F381 and the AAP both state that children under 6 should not use trampolines at all. If the Jumping World in Bryan markets to toddlers, they are acting against the advice of every major pediatric safety organization.
Q: Does it cost more to sue the national franchisor?
A: No. We work on a percentage basis at the end of the case. Whether we sue one defendant or thirteen, our fee remains the same. Our goal is to find the deepest pockets to ensure your child’s long-term medical needs are fully funded.
Q: How do we get the surveillance video if the park won’t give it to us?
A: We file what’s called a Rule 202 petition or a formal lawsuit to secure a court-ordered subpoena. This is why you need to call us immediately—once we are on the case, we put the park on legal notice that they will be held responsible if that video “happens” to disappear.
The Final Move: Accountability Starts With You
Every parent who has won a trampoline case started exactly where you are. They were angry, they were scared, and they didn’t know if the waiver they signed was the end of the road.
Look at the wheelchair on the porch. Look at the child who can no longer play on the soccer team at Bryan High. Look at the medical bill that just arrived in the mail. Then pick up the phone.
The park has lawyers. The franchisor has lawyers. The corporate parent has lawyers. You need an attorney who can quote ASTM F2970, who has litigated against BP, and who deals with rhabdomyolysis cases on a regular basis.
Call Attorney911 at 1-888-ATTY-911.
We don’t argue with insurance companies. We establish the facts, we converge the evidence, and we win.
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Información para las familias en la ciudad de Bryan:
Entendemos que la comunidad de la ciudad de Bryan es diversa y que muchas familias hispanas visitan los parques de trampolines locales. Si su hijo resultó herido, no debe permitir que el idioma sea una barrera para obtener justicia.
En nuestro bufete, Lupe Peña habla español y puede explicarle sus derechos legales. Si el “waiver” que firmó estaba solo en inglés y usted no tuvo la oportunidad de entenderlo, ese documento puede ser invalidado bajo la ley de Texas. No importa su estatus migratorio; su hijo tiene derecho a una compensación por sus lesiones.
No espere. El video de seguridad se borra rápido. Llame al 1-888-ATTY-911 ahora para su consulta gratuita en español.
