When your eight-year-old comes off a trampoline park court with a shattered tibia and the operations manager hands you a clipboard instead of calling 911, you don’t need an attorney who simply “handles personal injury cases.” You need a legal team that can quote ASTM F2970 Section 10 from memory, who knows that the court required a minimum of one attendant per 32 jumpers, and who has spent more than 25 years making corporate defendants accountable for the systems they build. That’s Ralph Manginello. That’s our firm.
If your family is dealing with the aftermath of a catastrophic injury in the City of Reno, we want you to know something right now that the insurance adjuster will never admit: This wasn’t an accident. It was the predictable output of a business decision. Whether the injury happened at a major chain like Sky Zone or Urban Air, or on a backyard Jumpking or Skywalker trampoline in a Parker County neighborhood, we’ve built the medical and legal architecture to fight back.
We represent families in Reno and throughout Texas. We represent the parent standing at a hospital bedside in Fort Worth watching a surgeon explain what happens when a growth plate is destroyed at age nine. We’ve gone head-to-head with some of the largest corporations in the world—from BP and Walmart to Amazon and FedEx. The multi-billion-dollar private equity firms behind national trampoline chains don’t intimidate us. We’ve been fighting this fight since 1998, and we are ready to fight it for you.
The Worst Scream: Why We Do This Work in Reno
A mother in North Texas once described the moment her toddler’s femur snapped at a park as “the worst scream that you could ever have heard from a child.” At Attorney911, we’ve heard that scream described by hundreds of parents. It’s the sound of a childhood being interrupted by a corporate system that prioritizes throughput over safety.
Imagine a Saturday afternoon in the City of Reno. You’ve driven down Jacksboro Highway toward one of the massive adventure parks in Fort Worth or Grapevine. The facility is advertised as “safe family fun.” You sign a waiver on a digital kiosk because the line is long and your kids are excited. Twenty minutes later, your life changes in a single landing.
Maybe it was a “double-bounce” where a 200-pound adult landed near your 60-pound child, launching them with four times the normal force. Maybe it was a foam pit that looked deep but had compacted over weeks of neglect, leaving only four inches of cushion over a concrete slab. These aren’t random strokes of bad luck. They are the result of choices made in corporate boardrooms in Grapevine or Dallas—choices to cut staffing ratios or defer equipment maintenance to hit a margin target.
Trampoline Park Injuries and the Law in City of Reno
Texas is a unique battlefield for trampoline injury litigation. The industry views Texas as a “friendly” jurisdiction because of our waiver laws, but our associate attorney Lupe Peña knows better. Before joining our firm, Lupe defended insurance companies and recreational businesses against these exact claims. He knows where the holes are in their “airtight” agreements.
The Waiver isn’t a Wall
The paper you signed in the lobby is the insurance carrier’s first line of defense, but it is rarely the end of the case. In Texas, we attack waivers on at least five different fronts:
- The Gross Negligence Carve-Out: Texas law, following the landmark Transportation Insurance Co. v. Moriel decision, does not allow a business to waive claims for gross negligence. When we can prove that a park in the Reno area knew of a dangerous condition—like a torn mat or an undertrained monitor—and chose to ignore it, the waiver fails. The $11.485 million verdict against Cosmic Jump in Harris County proved this. The jury saw evidence of gross negligence and awarded $6 million in punitive damages despite a signed waiver.
- The Minor-Waiver Rule: Under the long-standing Texas authority of Munoz v. II Jaz Inc., a parent’s signature generally cannot waive a minor child’s independent legal right to sue for personal injuries. While the park might try to force you into arbitration, your child’s right to be made whole is protected by the state.
- Conspicuousness and Fair Notice: Under the Dresser Industries v. Page Petroleum doctrine, a release must be “conspicuous.” If the legal language was buried in a tiny font on a glare-heavy iPad screen, or didn’t explicitly use the word “negligence,” it may be unenforceable under Texas law.
- Bilingual Formation Issues: For our Spanish-speaking families in Reno and Parker County, the case of Delfingen US-Texas v. Valenzuela is a powerful tool. If the park only provided an English waiver to a family that primarily speaks Spanish, and pressured them to sign it without an explanation, we can argue the contract was never validly formed. Hablamos Español. Lupe Peña habla con usted directamente.
- Signer Authority: We often see cases where a grandparent, an aunt, or even a friend’s parent signed the waiver for a child at a birthday party. Texas Family Code § 153.073 is clear: only a parent or court-appointed conservator has the authority to sign away rights. If the wrong person signed, the waiver is a legal nullity.
The Architecture of Systemic Negligence
Commercial trampoline parks in the City of Reno region are no longer just jumping gyms. They have pivoted to a “Family Entertainment Center” (FEC) model, bolting on go-karts, ropes courses, ziplines, and climbing walls. The problem is that the safety systems haven’t kept pace with the complexity of the attractions.
ASTM F2970: The Standard the Industry Wrote for Itself
ASTM F2970 is the manual for commercial trampoline courts. It covers everything from how deep a foam pit must be to how many monitors must be on the floor. It’s important to remember: the trampoline industry wrote this standard itself. They admit what the “floor” for safety should be. When we depose a park manager from a facility serving Reno, we often find they don’t even have a current copy of the standard they claim to follow.
We look for violations such as:
- Attendant-to-Jumper Ratios: Was there one monitor per 32 jumpers, as recommended?
- Age and Weight Separation: Did the park allow a teenager to jump in the same zone as a toddler?
- Inspection Logs: Did the staff actually perform the daily pre-opening checks, or did they just sign a “pro-forma” checklist while drinking coffee?
- Foam Pit Maintenance: When was the last time the foam blocks were rotated or replaced? Foam blocks aren’t forever; they lose their “loft” and ability to absorb impact, creating a “bottoming-out” hazard that leads to shattered ankles and spinal injuries.
The Problem with “Toddler Time”
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been explicitly warning since 1999 that children under six should never use trampolines. Yet, parks across North Texas aggressively market “Toddler Time” to City of Reno families. They are selling a session to a demographic that the leading medical authorities in the world say should not be on the equipment. That is foreseeable harm, and we hold them accountable for it.
Catastrophic Injuries: What Parents in Reno Need to Know
A trampoline injury is different from a fall on a playground. The energy transfer involved in a high-tension trampoline bed can produce orthopedic and neurological injuries that require a lifetime of care.
Pediatric Growth Plate Fractures (Salter-Harris)
Children’s bones are not just small versions of adult bones. Their growth plates are made of cartilage and are much weaker than the surrounding ligaments. A “Salter-Harris” fracture at age eight might not look like much on an initial X-ray, but it can stop a bone from growing straight. We’ve seen eight-year-olds in Reno who ended up with one leg two inches shorter than the other because a park monitor wasn’t watching the court.
When we build these cases, we don’t just look at the ER bill. We work with life-care planners to calculate the cost of surgeries your child might need in ten years. We use forensic economists to quantify how a permanent limp might affect their earning capacity over the next fifty years.
The Rhabdomyolysis Bridge
Our firm is currently litigating a $10 million lawsuit against a major university involving rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure. This same catastrophic muscle and organ breakdown happens at trampoline parks.
Imagine a child jumping for ninety minutes in a hot, poorly ventilated building in the City of Reno during a Texas July. They aren’t drinking enough water. Their muscles begin to rupture from the sheer exhaustion of plyometric exercise. 24 hours later, the child has dark, “cola-colored” urine and severe pain. This is a medical emergency. Because we are already litigating rhabdo cases in Harris County, we have the medical experts and the technical knowledge to prove these cases for Reno families.
SCIWORA: The Invisible Spinal Injury
Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality (SCIWORA) is a pediatric phenomenon. A child can land on their head in a foam pit near Reno, go to the ER, and have a “normal” CT scan, only to be paralyzed a few hours later. The ligaments are so flexible in a child that the spine can stretch, damage the cord, and then snap back into place. If the park’s staff or the medical providers don’t recognize the signs, the window for treatment closes. We know the medicine, and we know how to document the failure to recognize these symptoms.
48-Hour Evidence Preservation in Reno
If you or your child has been hurt, the clock is running. Not just the two-year statute of limitations for personal injury in Texas, but the evidence clock.
- Surveillance DVRs: Most parks in the Fort Worth area overwrite their security footage every 7 to 30 days.
- Incident Reports: We often find that the “official” incident report filed with the corporate office is a “revised” version that is much more favorable to the park than what the attendant wrote down the night of the injury.
- The Waivers: Digital kiosk databases can be updated or reorganized, making it harder to prove what you actually saw on the screen.
When our firm is retained, our spoliation letter goes out within 24 hours. We demand the preservation of original video files, staffing logs, and the maintenance records of the specific attraction. We don’t wait for them to “lose” the evidence. We freeze it in place.
Choosing a Firm Focused on Parker County Families
We are not a volume-driven settlement mill. We treat our clients like family. As our client Chad Harris said, “You are NOT just some client… You are FAMILY to them.”
We offer a contingency fee structure, which means you pay nothing unless we win. We advance every expense—the biomechanical engineers, the pediatric orthopedic surgeons, the life-care planners. We take on all the financial risk because we believe in the cases we take.
If you are in City of Reno, or anywhere in Texas, and your child’s life has been changed by a trampoline accident, do not let an insurance adjuster with a waiver talk you out of your rights. Call 1-888-ATTY-911. We are available 24/7. Whether it was a failure at an Urban Air in Hudson Oaks or a defective mat on a backyard trampoline in Reno, we know how to build the case that secures your child’s future.
Frequently Asked Questions for City of Reno Parents
Can I sue if I signed the waiver at the park?
Yes. In Texas, waivers are highly scrutinized. They typically do not cover gross negligence, and as established in Munoz v. II Jaz, they generally cannot waive a minor’s direct claims. If the park didn’t follow its own safety rules or ASTM F2970, the waiver may not apply.
How much is my child’s trampoline injury case worth?
Catastrophic settlements for spinal cord injuries or TBIs can range from $5 million to over $15 million. Even fracture cases with growth-plate damage often reach the $500,000 to $2 million range because of the lifetime of medical monitoring required. We look at medical bills, future care, and the permanent impact on your child’s life.
What should I do if the park manager tells me not to call 911?
Call 911 yourself. We have seen reports from parents at locations like Urban Air Southlake where employees were allegedly instructed by management not to call emergency services. This is a tactic used to minimize the recorded severity of an incident and keep the “ambulance count” down. Your child’s health is the only priority.
Does my homeowner’s insurance cover a backyard trampoline injury in Reno?
Most standard Texas homeowners’ policies (HO-3/HO-5) actually exclude trampoline injuries unless you have a specific endorsement. However, even if your policy excludes it, your umbrella policy might cover the loss, or we may be able to pursue a product liability claim against the manufacturer if the equipment itself failed.
How long do I have to file a claim in Texas?
The standard statute of limitations for personal injury is two years. For children, this is “tolled” until they turn 18, meaning they have until their 20th birthday. However, we never recommend waiting. Evidence disappears within weeks. The sooner we send a spoliation letter to the park or manufacturer, the stronger your child’s case will be.
What if my child was injured by another child jumping?
The park is still responsible. ASTM F2970 requires that attendants separate jumpers by age and size. If the park allowed a “double-jump” situation with a weight mismatch, it is a failure of their duty to supervise, regardless of who the other jumper was.
Why is dark urine after jumping a sign of an emergency?
Dark, “cola-colored” urine can be a sign of rhabdomyolysis, a condition where muscle tissue dies and clogs the kidneys. This often happens after extended jumping in the Texas heat. It can lead to permanent kidney failure or death if not treated with aggressive IV fluids in an ER.
Who is really responsible if we were at a birthday party?
We look at the entire “stack.” The operator LLC, the franchisee, the franchisor (like Sky Zone Franchising LLC or Urban Air Franchise Holdings), and even the corporate parent (Sky Zone, Inc. or Unleashed Brands). If the equipment failed, we also name the manufacturer, such as Ropes Courses, Inc. for climbing walls. We go where the money is to ensure a full recovery.
What is SCIWORA?
It stands for Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality. It’s a pediatric condition where a child can be seriously paralyzed but the bones on a CT scan look normal. It occurs because a child’s spine is more flexible than their spinal cord. We work with experts who know how to identify and prove these “invisible” but permanent injuries.
Do I have to pay for a lawyer up front?
No. At Attorney911, we work on a contingency fee basis. You pay us zero dollars unless we win. We pay for the investigators, the medical experts, and the forensic engineers. Your child’s recovery fund stays 100% intact until the case is over.
The Evidence Clock is Running in Parker County
What happens to your child in City of Reno wasn’t just bad luck. It was the result of a chain of events that started with a corporate decision to skip a safety protocol. The park has risk management teams and corporate lawyers already working to protect their assets. You need a team that was built specifically for this fight.
Ralph Manginello and Lupe Peña bring a combination of 25+ years of experience and deep insurance-industry insight. We know the tactics they’ll use because we’ve seen them used by the biggest companies on earth. From the $11.485 million Houston verdict to our active $10 million UH rhabdo litigation, we have the track record that makes insurance companies take notice.
Call 1-888-ATTY-911 today. Hablamos Español. No fee unless we win. The spoliation letter to preserve your child’s video footage goes out within 24 hours. Let us handle the corporate lawyers while you focus on your family.
Detailed Breakdown: The Dangers of Commercial Trampoline Features
When we investigate a case for a family in Reno, we break down the facility by attraction. The industry uses exciting names for these features, but each one carries a documented risk that we use to prove negligence.
The Foam Pit: A Diving Danger
Foam pits are among the most dangerous areas in any Texas trampoline park. The industry is currently moving toward using large airbags instead, for a very specific reason: foam cubes compact over time. If a child jumps into a pit that hasn’t been “fluffed” or refilled to ASTM F2970 specifications, they can strike the concrete subfloor. This results in “pilon” fractures of the ankle or, worse, axial loading of the cervical spine.
We look at the foam rotation logs. If the park hasn’t rotated the cubes in weeks, they were operating a known hazard. The case of Ty Thomasson in Phoenix—where a 2’8″ pit led to a fatality—changed the industry. Yet, many parks still cut corners.
The Main Court: Multi-Person Peril
Most injuries on the open jump court happen because the park monitor ignored a “double-bounce.” This occurs when a larger person lands while a smaller person is ascending. The resulting kinetic energy transfer acts like a catapult. We’ve seen cases where a child was launched so violently they were ejected through the safety netting entirely.
Climbing Walls and Vertical Hazards
At parks like Urban Air in Sugar Land or Altitude in Gastonia, we have seen harness failures lead to falls of 20 to 30 feet onto concrete. The Matthew Lu fatality in North Carolina resulted in the park publicly admitting “human error” and removing the wall entirely. That admission is a powerful tool. If your child fell from a height in a park serving Reno, the question is whether the attendant was properly trained on the “auto-belay” system. Many of these monitors are teenagers with less than four hours of training.
Ninja Courses and Foam Mats
Ninja courses are popular after the success of American Ninja Warrior. However, if the landing mats at the City of Reno area park were improperly spaced or the foam was degraded, a fall that should have been harmless can result in a snapped radius or a concussion. We use biomechanical engineers to test the “G-load” impact of these mats to prove they weren’t safe for a child’s weight.
Dodgeball and Targeted Collisions
Dodgeball court injuries often involve “age mixing,” where a 15-year-old and a 6-year-old are on the same court. The ASTM standards are clear: these ages must be separated. If your child was hit or landed on by a much larger patron during a dodgeball game, the park breached its non-delegable duty to supervise.
The National Scope: We Handle Cases Beyond City of Reno
While our base is in Texas with offices in Houston, Austin, and Beaumont, we are a national authority on trampoline injury law. We have mapped the waiver enforceability of all 50 states.
- Plaintiff-Friendly States: PA, NJ, FL, MI, UT, WA, and NY generally void or severely limit waivers for minors. In Pennsylvania, the 2025 Santiago decision made it clear that parents cannot bind children to arbitration.
- Park-Friendly States: CO, MD, and sometimes TX can be more difficult, but we know the “gross negligence” and “delegation clause” attack vectors that work here.
- New York Model: We push for other states to adopt the New York model (GBL Article 12-C), which mandates CPR training, AEDs, and $500,000 in minimum insurance.
No matter where the injury happened, we bring the same level of investigative depth and corporate archeology. We don’t just sue the local “Mom and Pop” LLC; we go upstream to the private equity owners like Palladium Equity and Seidler Equity.
A Legacy of Accountability
Ralph Manginello founded this firm with one goal: to be the firm people call when their world has been turned upside down. Our history with the BP Texas City refinery explosion litigation and our multi-million dollar recoveries for traumatic brain injuries (ranging from $1.5M to $9.8M) are the proof that we can handle the most complex cases.
Lupe Peña’s background in insurance defense is the “secret weapon” for our Parker County clients. He knows how the park’s lawyer will try to blame you for the accident. He knows which “independent” medical examiners (IMEs) are actually paid by the insurance company to minimize your child’s pain. We counteract those moves before they even make them.
We represent families in City of Reno. We represent children who will never play sports again because of a growth plate injury. We represent parents who are being hounded by medical billers while the park’s adjuster ignores their calls. 1-888-ATTY-911 is the only number you need.
The Recovery You Deserve
We seek a full financial recovery that covers:
- Emergency Care: Every ambulance ride, ER visit, and surgery.
- Future Medical: The cost of physical therapy, future orthopedic corrections, and mental health counseling for PTSD.
- Educational Support: If a TBI means your child needs a learning aide or a private school after a concussion, the park pays for it.
- Pain and Suffering: The physical agony your child endured and the emotional trauma the whole family shared.
- Loss of Future Earnings: If your child is permanently impaired, we calculate what they would have earned over their lifetime.
Cosmic Jump paid $11.485 million because a jury wanted to send a message. That message was: our children are not a cost of doing business. We carry that message into every case we file for families in Reno.
Call 1-888-ATTY-911 — 24/7 Availability
We represent the City of Reno. We represent families in Parker County and across Texas. Our consultation is free. Our commitment is absolute. 1-888-ATTY-911. Hablamos Español. No fee unless we win. The clock is running—call us now and let us protect your family’s future.
How We Build Your Child’s Case: The 10-Step Protocol
When you hire Attorney911, we deploy an operational scaffold that most generalist firms simply don’t have. This is how we move your case from the hospital room to a successful recovery.
- 24-Hour Spoliation Letter: We send a certified demand to the park, the franchisor, and the insurer. We demand they freeze the DVR footage, preserve the incident reports, and stop any repairs on the attraction until our expert arrives.
- 48-Hour Scene Investigation: We send our own investigators and biomechanical engineers to the park. We don’t rely on their photos. We take our own, documenting torn pads and monitor positions.
- Medical Records Medical Chronology: We don’t just collect records; we have a specialist create a timeline. We track the CK levels for rhabdo or the ASIA grade for spinal injuries.
- Corporate Structure Trace: We peel back the LLC layers to find the “deep pockets.” We pull the FDD Item 3 disclosures to see every other time that chain has been sued for the same mechanism.
- Insurance Discovery: We look for the “Policy Limit Shell Game.” We find the umbrella layers and the “additional insured” clauses that reach the franchisor’s multi-million dollar tower. Same primary, different excess.
- ASTM Compliance Audit: Our experts read the park’s operations manual and compare it line-by-line to the ASTM F2970 standard. Every gap is a breach of the duty of care.
- Waiver Deconstruction: Lupe Peña runs the waiver through his 5-vector attack. He identifies the “fair notice” failures and the Delfingen bilingual issues.
- Witness Depositions: We depose the teenager who was supposed to be watching your child. We depose the manager who told the teenager not to call 911. We find the people who used to work there via LinkedIn and get the truth about the park’s culture.
- Expert Panel Retention: We hire a pediatric orthopedic surgeon to project the growth-plate prognosis and a life-care planner to map out the financial needs for the next forty years.
- Trial Readiness: We file suit early. We prepare every case as if it’s going to a jury in Parker County. This pressure is what forces the insurance companies to bring real settlement numbers to the table.
Final Word to the Parents of Reno
Kaitlin Hill said, “We had no idea.” Most parents don’t. You trusted the park’s marketing. You trusted the staff. You are not responsible for their failure. The park had a system in place to take your money, but they didn’t have a system in place to keep your child safe.
We have that system. We have the medical architecture, the legal precedents, and the 25 years of battle-tested experience. Whether your child is dealing with a Salter-Harris fracture, a rhabdomyolysis diagnosis, or a life-altering spinal injury, we are ready to stand with you.
Call 1-888-ATTY-911. The consultation is free. The representation is aggressive. Justice for your child starts with one phone call. We represent families in the City of Reno. We represent the parents of Texas. We are Attorney911.
