“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.”
When Kaitlin “Kati” Hill shared those words with ABC News, describing the moment her three-year-old son Colton’s femur snapped at a trampoline park “Toddler Time,” she wasn’t just telling a story. She was describing a nightmare that parents in Nevada and across Collin County face every weekend. It is a nightmare we have seen play out in trauma bays from Dallas to Houston. Colton spent months in a hip spica body cast. His mother’s Facebook post was shared over 240,000 times because it struck a chord with every parent who had ever signed a kiosk waiver in a rush, handed their child a pair of grip socks, and assumed the facility was built for safety.
Kati Hill’s conclusion was five simple, devastating words: “We had no idea.”
At Attorney911, we believe you deserve to have an idea. If you are reading this from a hospital room at Children’s Medical Center Plano or a rehabilitation facility after a trampoline accident in Nevada, you are likely feeling a crushing mix of terror, anger, and guilt. You signed the waiver. You let them jump. You thought it would be fun.
We are here to tell you that none of this is your fault. The guilt belongs to a multi-billion-dollar industry that has known for twenty-five years that these products maim children but continues to prioritize profit margins over pediatric safety. We represent families in Nevada who are ready to fight back. Led by Ralph Manginello, a trial attorney with over 25 years of experience in catastrophic injury litigation and federal court admission, and Lupe Peña, a former insurance defense attorney who used to write the very waivers these parks use as shields, we are built for this specific battle.
We don’t just handle personal injury cases. We dismantle the corporate architecture that allows parks like Sky Zone, Urban Air, and Altitude to operate at a safety floor while charging premium prices to Nevada families. Whether your child was hurt at an Urban Air in Rockwall or McKinney, or on a defective Skywalker or Jumpking trampoline in your Nevada backyard, our mission is the same: find every insurance layer, identify every systemic failure, and recover every dime your child needs for a lifetime of care.
One Jump, One Bad Landing: The Reality for Nevada Families
Nevada is a growing community where youth sports and active play are part of the cultural fabric. Families here often travel down FM 6 or State Highway 78 to reach the major trampoline hubs in Rockwall, Garland, or McKinney. These facilities — Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park, Sky Zone, and Altitude — serve as the primary venues for birthday parties and weekend escapes.
But beneath the blacklights and the pop music of a “Glow Night” lies a documented public health crisis. The American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR 2024) recently reported that up to 1.6% of all pediatric emergency department trauma visits are now trampoline-related. This isn’t an obscure risk for Nevada residents; it is a statistical probability when safety standards are ignored.
When you take the drive from Nevada to a park like the Sky Zone in Frisco or the Urban Air in McKinney, you are entering a facility that is functionally unregulated by the State of Texas. While states like New York and Arizona (under “Ty’s Law”) have passed strict oversight, the Texas Legislature has repeatedly failed to act. This means that in Nevada, the only thing standing between your child and a catastrophic cervical spinal cord injury is the park’s voluntary compliance with an industry-authored standard called ASTM F2970.
Part I: The Forensic Anatomy of a Trampoline Injury
A trampoline accident in Nevada is not a “freak occurrence.” It is the result of physics and biology colliding with corporate negligence.
The Double-Bounce: A Physics Weapon
The most common mechanism of injury we see in Nevada cases is the double-bounce. ASTM F2970 requires parks to separate jumpers by age and weight, yet walk into any Urban Air near Nevada on a Saturday, and you will see a 200-pound adult jumping next to a 60-pound child.
The physics, as documented by Eager (2012), are brutal. When a heavier jumper lands just as a lighter child is pushing off, the kinetic energy from the heavier mass is transferred through the mat. This can multiply the child’s launch force by up to 4x. The child isn’t jumping anymore; they are a projectile. This energy transfer is why Nevada toddlers suffer “trampoline fractures” — proximal tibial metaphyseal buckle fractures — simply by standing on a mat while someone else jumps.
Salter-Harris: The Silent Catastrophe
Children’s bones are different. They are more pliable than adult bones, but they contain growth plates (physes) made of weak cartilage. A Salter-Harris Type II fracture at age eight in a Nevada child is a medical emergency that parents often misunderstand. It isn’t just a “broken leg.” It is an injury to the bone’s growth mechanism.
As Ralph Manginello often explains to families, the true damage of a Salter-Harris injury might not manifest for five years. When your child reaches their growth spurt at age thirteen, the injured leg may not grow straight or to the same length as the other. This results in decades of orthopedic monitoring, potential corrective osteotomies, and lifelong gait issues. We calculate these future damages using Pediatric Life-Care Plans, ensuring the Nevada trampoline park pays not just for today’s ER bill, but for the next seventy years of your child’s life.
SCIWORA and the “Panic Attack” Myth
If your teen attempted a flip into a foam pit at a park near Nevada and came out with back pain, then was told by a monitor (or even an ER doctor) that they were having a “panic attack,” you must seek a second opinion. The Elle Yona TikTok case (June 2024), which has over 27 million views, documented a teen who was misdiagnosed during a vertebral artery dissection after a trampoline backflip. She actually suffered a spinal-cord stroke, leading to C4 incomplete quadriplegia.
In children, we also see SCIWORA (Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality). Because children’s spines are so flexible, the spinal cord can be crushed or stretched even when X-rays and initial CT scans show no broken bones. If your child in Nevada is experiencing numbness or weakness after a trampoline fall, the standard of care requires an MRI with T2-weighted sequences. Anything less is a diagnostic failure that we will pursue in court.
Part II: The Waiver is Noise, Not a Wall
The first thing the insurance adjuster for a park like Sky Zone or DEFY will tell a Nevada parent is: “You signed a waiver. You have no case.”
They are wrong. In Texas, and specifically under Collin County’s judicial scrutiny, a waiver is a speed bump, not a brick wall. Our associate attorney Lupe Peña knows this better than anyone — he used to defend these parks. He knows that Texas courts have a high bar for enforcing these documents.
The Munoz Doctrine: You Can’t Waive Your Child’s Rights
Under the landmark Texas case Munoz v. II Jaz, Inc. (1993), a parent generally CANNOT sign away a minor child’s personal injury cause of action. While the parent might waive their own right to sue for medical bills they paid, the child’s own claim for pain, suffering, and lifelong impairment typically survives your signature. If your child was hurt at an Urban Air or Altitude near Nevada, that kiosk waiver is likely legally void as to their personal recovery.
The Dresser Test: Conspicuousness and Negligence
Even for adult victims in Nevada, Texas law under Dresser Industries v. Page Petroleum (1993) requires “fair notice.” A waiver must:
- Use the specific word “negligence” to release the park from its own mistakes.
- Be conspicuous. If the language was buried in a 20-screen iPad click-through or printed in tiny, low-contrast font, it fails.
Gross Negligence: The Cosmic Jump Precedent
No waiver in the United States covers gross negligence. In Harris County, a jury awarded $11.485 million against the operator of Cosmic Jump after a teen fell through a torn trampoline mat onto concrete. The park knew the mat was torn. They chose not to fix it. That is gross negligence — a conscious indifference to the safety of Nevada children.
When we investigate your case at a Nevada-area park, we don’t look for a “freak accident.” We look for the 10-week backlog of skipped inspections. We look for the “NOT call 911” protocol reported at locations like Urban Air Southlake. We look for the business decision that put your child at risk. As client Donald Wilcox said: “One company said they would not accept my case. Then I got a call from Manginello… I got a call to come pick up this handsome check.” We take the cases other firms fear because we know how to break the waiver.
Part III: The 5-Layer Corporate Defendant Stack
When we sue a national chain for a Nevada family, we don’t just sue the local LLC. We perform Corporate Archeology. These parks are often backed by massive private equity firms who approve budget cuts that lead to injuries.
The Defendant Stack we target on your behalf:
- The Operator LLC: The specific park near Nevada where the injury happened.
- The Franchisee: The owner who may operate multiple Sky Zone or Urban Air locations.
- The Franchisor: Sky Zone Franchising LLC or UATP Management LLC. They mandate the standards that were likely broken.
- The Corporate Parent: Sky Zone, Inc. (parent of Sky Zone, DEFY, and Rockin’ Jump, backed by Palladium Equity Partners) or Unleashed Brands (parent of Urban Air, backed by Seidler Equity Partners).
- The Component Manufacturer: If a mat tore (Jumpking, Skywalker) or a harness failed (Ropes Courses, Inc.), we bring them into the litigation.
In the Damion Collins v. Urban Air Overland Park ($15.6 million award, 2023), the franchisor (UATP Management) was forced to pay 40% of the award. The arbitrator found a “systemic failure” to implement safety changes. We apply that same “Franchisor-on-the-hook” strategy to every Nevada case. Whether we are fighting for a family in Nevada or litigating our active $10 million University of Houston hazing lawsuit involving rhabdomyolysis, we go after the deep pockets. The PE sponsors behind these chains hire the same big-city defense firms that BP used after the Texas City refinery explosion. We’ve beaten those firms before; we aren’t intimidated by them now.
Part IV: The 48-Hour Evidence Emergency in Nevada
In Nevada, your child’s case is decided by what we preserve in the first few days. Trampoline parks have evidence-retention policies designed to make your claim disappear.
- Surveillance DVRs: Most parks near Nevada overwrite their video in 7 to 30 days. If we don’t send a spoliation letter immediately, the footage of the double-bounce or the harness failure is gone forever.
- Incident Reports: We’ve seen parks “revise” incident reports 48 hours after an injury to add phrases like “guest was horseplaying.”
- Waiver Metadata: Kiosk systems like “Waiver Forever” or “SmartWaiver” track IP addresses and timestamps. We need that to prove if a waiver was even properly formed.
- Foam Pits: If you were injured in a foam pit, the park will “fluff” or refill it within 72 hours, destroying the evidence of compaction.
Our firm follows a Document-Like-a-Paralegal philosophy. We retain digital forensic examiners to image DVRs. We use the Wayback Machine to capture the park’s marketing claims (“Industry Leading Safety!”) before they can be deleted post-accident. We send our spoliation letters within 24 hours of your call — by certified mail, email, and fax.
Part V: Exertional Rhabdomyolysis: The Unseen Nevada Risk
Trampoline parks near Nevada, especially during the 110-degree Texas summer, are hotbeds for a medical emergency called rhabdomyolysis. When a Nevada child jumps continuously for 90 to 120 minutes without adequate hydration, their muscle tissue can literally begin to dissolve.
The Myoglobin Cascade:
Muscle cells rupture and release a protein called myoglobin into the bloodstream. These proteins are too large for the kidneys to filter, leading to acute kidney failure.
If your child visited a trampoline park and, within 48 hours, has:
- Urine the color of cola or tea
- Muscle pain in the thighs or calves that is rock-hard to the touch
- Severe vomiting or confusion
Go to the ER at Children’s Medical Center Dallas immediately. Ask for a Creatine Kinase (CK) blood test. A normal CK is around 200; we see trampoline-related rhabdo cases with CK levels exceeding 100,000. Because we are currently litigating a $10 million rhabdo case against the University of Houston, we have the specialized nephrology and toxicology experts ready to prove that the park’s failure to provide water stations and rest intervals was the cause of your child’s renal failure.
Part VI: The Infection Vertical: What’s Inside the Foam Pit?
Most Nevada parents think the risk in a foam pit is a broken neck. They don’t think about MRSA or Necrotizing Fasciitis.
Foam blocks are porous open-cell polyurethane. They absorb sweat, saliva, vomit, and blood. They are effectively impossible to sanitize. A child in Nevada with a small “trampoline burn” or abrasion who lands in a contaminated foam pit is an entry point for a staph infection. We investigate the park’s Sanitation SOPs and cleaning logs. If the park hasn’t replaced its foam in two years — which is common — they are operating a biohazard. This is a “Negligent Cleaning Protocol” claim that most other Nevada firms miss entirely.
Frequently Asked Questions for Nevada Families
“Can I sue if I signed the waiver?”
Yes. As we discussed, Texas law under Munoz and Dresser provides multiple paths to void that waiver, especially in cases of gross negligence. The Cosmic Jump $11.485M verdict is the proof. That piece of paper you signed on an iPad in Rockwall is not the end of your case.
“How much is my child’s case worth?”
Every case is different, but for catastrophic injuries, the numbers are significant. A permanent cervical spinal cord injury or a severe TBI often results in veridcts or settlements between $3 million and $15 million. A Salter-Harris growth plate fracture with a decade of future surgery needs typically anchors in the $500,000 to $2 million range. We use Forensic Economists to calculate exactly what your Nevada child’s lifetime of lost earning capacity is worth.
“How long do I have to sue a trampoline park in Texas?”
The statute of limitations is two years, but for minors, it is usually tolled until their 18th birthday. However, you cannot wait. The evidence — the video, the witness statements from other Nevada parents, the staff timecards — will be destroyed within weeks. You need a lawyer now, even if you don’t file the suit for months.
“What if my neighbor’s trampoline in Nevada injured my child?”
This is a “Backyard” context. We look at Attractive Nuisance doctrine. If your neighbor had an unfenced trampoline with a ladder left out, Texas law holds the homeowner responsible for that child’s safety. We pursue the Homeowner’s Insurance Umbrella policy or potentially the Manufacturer (Jumpking, Skywalker) if a spring or net failed.
“The insurance company offerred us $5,000 for ‘medical payments.’ Should we take it?”
No. That is a “Med-Pay Trojan Horse.” Often, the back of that check or the fine print in the form they want you to sign effectively releases the park from all future claims. Never deposit a check from an insurance company after a Nevada accident without us reading the fine print first.
“Do we have to go to court in Dallas?”
Most cases settle at mediation. However, our founder Ralph Manginello is a “First Class” fighter, as client Ernest Cano said. We prepare every Nevada case for trial. If the park knows we are ready to stand in front of a Collin County jury, they are much more likely to offer a fair settlement.
Why Nevada Families Choose Attorney911
We are not a volume-based firm that takes thousands of small cases. We are a specialized boutique dedicated to catastrophic outcomes. When other firms turn down trampoline cases because they “looked at the waiver and it seemed strong,” we take those cases. We know that Lupe Peña’s insider knowledge of insurance tactics is the “Waiver Defeat Edge” Nevada families need.
As client Chad Harris put it: “You are NOT just some client… You are FAMILY to them.”
We represent families in Nevada who are facing the hardest days of their lives. We advance every expense — the $10,000 biomechanical engineering report, the pediatric orthopedic consults, the life-care planner. You pay nothing unless we win.
If your child let out “the worst scream” at a trampoline park, don’t let the corporate lawyers silence your family.
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