“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 how Kaitlin “Kati” Hill described the moment her three-year-old son, Colton, suffered a broken femur at a trampoline park. Like many parents in the City of Rollingwood, she had no idea that a Saturday afternoon outing could end in a body cast. At the Manginello Law Firm, we hear variations of this story every week. We represent the families who were told it was a “freak accident” but later discovered it was the predictable result of a business decision.
Whether your child was injured at an Urban Air in South Austin or Bee Cave, an Altitude in Travis County, or on a backyard Jumpking or Skywalker trampoline in the City of Rollingwood, the reality is the same: the system was built to prioritize margin over your child’s safety. We built Attorney911 for exactly this fight. Ralph Manginello brings over 25 years of courtroom experience, including federal court admission and a history of taking on Fortune 500 giants like BP. Our associate attorney, Lupe Peña, used to sit on the other side of the table—defending insurance companies and recreational facilities. He knows their playbook because he helped write it. Now, we use that insider knowledge to dismantle their defenses for you.
One Bad Landing: The Truth About Trampoline Injuries in the City of Rollingwood
One bounce. One bad landing. One broken neck. That is all it takes. In the City of Rollingwood, families value active lifestyles and youth sports. We see children from Westlake High School or local youth leagues frequenting parks like Sky Zone and Ninja Nation. But beneath the neon lights and music, there is a technical safety floor that these parks routinely ignore.
Nationally, more than 300,000 trampoline-related ER visits happen every year. The vast majority involve children. In a community like the City of Rollingwood, where pediatric care often routes to Dell Children’s Medical Center, the financial and emotional toll of these injuries is staggering. We aren’t just talking about bruises. We are talking about life-altering trauma.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been clear since 1999: trampolines do not belong in homes. They reaffirmed this in 2012 and 2019. Despite this a quarter-century of medical consensus, manufacturers continue to sell products with “family-friendly” marketing, and commercial parks continue to pack courts beyond their safe capacity.
The Physics of Failure: Why the City of Rollingwood Parks Are Dangerous
When a 200-pound adult lands on a trampoline bed at the same time a 60-pound child from the City of Rollingwood is pushing off, physics takes over. This is called a double-bounce. The energy transfer from the heavier jumper can multiply the child’s launch force by up to 4x. The child isn’t jumping anymore; they are being catapulted.
Through-Line #9 of our litigation doctrine is clear: Double-bounce physics are predictable and preventable. The industry itself wrote the safety standard, ASTM F2970, which requires parks to enforce age and weight separation. When you walk into an Urban Air or Latitude in the Austin area on a Saturday afternoon and see a teenager on their phone while adults and toddlers share the same court, you are looking at a clear violation of that safety floor.
The Foam Pit Illusion
Many parents in the City of Rollingwood believe foam pits are the safest part of the park. They aren’t. Foam-pit injury rates are documented at 1.91 per 1,000 jumper-hours (Teague et al., Pediatrics 2024). When a child dives head-first into a pit where the foam has compacted—or where the park has skipped the required rotation and replacement cycle—the head stops, but the body’s momentum continues. This leads to cervical hyperflexion and axial loading, the primary mechanisms for spinal cord injuries and paralysis.
We pair every mention of the industry’s voluntary ASTM F2970 with EN ISO 23659:2022, the mandatory international standard used in Europe. The US is the only major developed economy without a binding national safety standard for these parks. While Europe treats safety as a mandate, parks in Texas treat it as a suggestion.
Call 1-888-ATTY-911 right now. Your child’s surveillance video at a City of Rollingwood area park is being overwritten as we speak. Our spoliation letter goes out within 24 hours of your call—no exceptions.
Who Is Responsible? The Corporate Shield We Pierce
When we say “we sue Sky Zone” or “we sue Urban Air,” what we actually mean is that we perform a deep corporate archeology. The City of Rollingwood families need to understand that the park likely has a five-layer defendant stack designed to hide the money upstream.
- The Operator LLC: The specific business running the park on the day of the injury. They are often undercapitalized.
- The Franchisee: A multi-unit group that may own several Austin-area locations.
- The Franchisor: Entities like Sky Zone Franchising LLC or UATP Management LLC. They impose the rules but often try to disclaim liability when those rules are broken.
- The Parent Company/Corporate Owner: Sky Zone, Inc. (renamed from CircusTrix in 2023) or Unleashed Brands (the parent of Urban Air, acquired by Seidler Equity Partners in 2023).
- The Private Equity Sponsor: Firms like Palladium Equity Partners (backing Sky Zone since 2018).
These conglomerates have fleets of corporate lawyers. They don’t scare us. Ralph Manginello has already beaten some of the largest corporations in the world, including BP after the Texas City refinery explosion. We know that the franchisor often holds 40% or more of the liability, as proven in the $15.6 million Damion Collins v. Urban Air Overland Park arbitration award. In that case, the arbitrator found a “systemic failure” by the franchisor to implement safety changes.
The Waiver Is Noise, Not a Wall: Texas Law and Your Rights
Every park in the Travis County area will ask you to sign a waiver on an iPad. They want you to believe that paper ends your case. It doesn’t. In Texas, we have specific attack vectors that dismantle these waivers:
The Gross Negligence Carve-Out
Under Texas law, specifically Transportation Insurance Co. v. Moriel, a waiver cannot release a defendant from gross negligence. If a park in the City of Rollingwood area ignored a known mat tear (as seen in the Cosmic Jump $11.485M verdict) or operated with half the required attendants, that is conscious indifference to an extreme risk.
The Munoz Doctrine: Protecting Your Child
In the landmark case Munoz v. II Jaz, Inc., Texas courts established 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 moved more cases into arbitration, your child’s substantive right to compensation survives.
The Delfingen Spanish-Formation Defeat
For our Spanish-speaking families in the City of Rollingwood, if the park presented an English-only kiosk waiver without offering a translation, the waiver may be void on formation grounds under the Delfingen doctrine. Lupe Peña speaks Spanish natively and will talk to you directly about these rights—without interpreters. Hablamos Español.
Twenty-five years of experience. Federal court admission. A former insurance defense attorney who knows the arguments they will use against you. We don’t just handle these cases; we own the data and the doctrine. Call 1-888-ATTY-911.
Pediatric Biology: Why Children’s Bones Are Different
Parents in the City of Rollingwood are often told their child has a “broken ankle.” We look deeper. Children’s bones are still developing. Their growth plates (physes) are made of cartilage and are weaker than the surrounding ligaments.
Salter-Harris fractures are a catastrophic category of growth plate injury common in trampoline impacts. A Type II or Type III fracture at age eight isn’t just a 2026 problem; it’s a 2030 problem when that leg stops growing straight or becomes measurably shorter than the other. Our firm builds a Pediatric Life-Care Plan for every child. We work with pediatric orthopedic surgeons and life-care planners to project the next 70 years of costs—corrective osteotomies, physical therapy, and the vocational impact of permanent impairment.
SCIWORA: The Silent Threat
Following a head-first foso (foam pit) entry, many City of Rollingwood children are cleared in the ER because their CT scan looks “normal.” But our firm understands SCIWORA (Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality). Because a child’s spine is more flexible than an adult’s, the cord can be stretched and damaged even when the bones return to their original position. A seemingly mild whiplash can produce permanent paralysis if not diagnosed via MRI with STIR sequences.
The Rhabdo Bridge: A Medical Emergency Parks Ignore
We are currently litigating a $10 million lawsuit against the University of Houston involving rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure. This is the same physiology we see in children who spend 90 minutes jumping in a hot indoor City of Rollingwood area park with inadequate hydration.
Exertional rhabdomyolysis happens when muscle tissue breaks down and spills myoglobin into the blood, toxicating the kidneys. If your child has cola-colored urine, extreme muscle pain, or confusion 24 to 48 hours after a trampoline visit, get to Dell Children’s ER immediately. This is not a “wait and see.” It is an emergency we know how to document, how to prove, and how to litigate.
48-Hour Evidence Preservation: The Clock is Ticking
The most important work in your case happens this week. Trampoline parks in Travis County are part of an industry that has no mandatory injury-reporting rule to the state. The Texas Department of Insurance regulates the bungee tramps and Sky Riders (Class B inflatables) but excludes the trampoline decks themselves.
This regulatory gap means the park is the sole gatekeeper of the evidence—unless we intervene.
- Surveillance DVRs at major chains typically overwrite in 7, 14, or 30 days.
- Incident reports are often “revised” on park systems by managers 48 hours after the event.
- Waiver kiosk databases purge version-history logs on cycles as short as 72 hours.
We send our spoliation letter via certified mail and email preservation demand within 24 hours of being retained. We demand the DVR hard drive, the IP-log of the waiver signature, and the daily inspection logs that weren’t “lost.”
Most personal injury firms treat a trampoline case like a car wreck. We don’t. We retain biomechanical engineers to model the energy transfer of the impact. We subpoena chain-wide incident history for the Sky Rider or Wipe-Out attraction involved because under FRE 404(b), the park’s knowledge of prior similar injuries is the key to punitive damages.
Why Choose Attorney911 for Your City of Rollingwood Case?
Our firm is based in Texas, but our knowledge covers the continent. When you hire us, you are hiring a firm that has memorized ASTM F2970. We know which Urban Air locations in Southlake were instructed by management “to NOT call 911.” We know that Altitude Gastonia admitted “human error” killed a 12-year-old before removing the climbing wall.
As client Chad Harris said, “You are NOT a pest to them and you are NOT just some client… You are FAMILY to them.” We represent the parent at the trauma-bay bedside. We represent the child whose scholarship pathway was stolen by a double-bounce.
Our Moat Pillars:
- Former Defense Edge: Lupe Peña knows the insurer’s script.
- Medical Mastery: We use the Teague 2024 and AJR 2024 data to crush the “freak accident” defense.
- Corporate Fearlessness: We’ve sued BP. Palladium Equity and Seidler Equity don’t intimidate us.
- No Barriers: No fee unless we win. We advance every expert cost.
Your child’s case is decided by what gets preserved this week. The DVR overwrites. The attendant transfers. The incident report gets “revised.” Call 1-888-ATTY-911 today. Hablamos Español.
Frequently Asked Questions for City of Rollingwood Families
What should I do if my child got hurt at an Urban Air or Sky Zone in Travis County?
First, seek specialized pediatric care at a Level 1 trauma center like Dell Children’s. Second, do not talk to the adjuster. Third, preserve the receipt and any photos. Fourth, call us. Every minute the park delays a 911 call or a refund is a minute their surveillance system gets closer to overwriting the footage.
Can I sue if I signed the waiver at the kiosk?
Yes. Texas courts recognize a “fair notice” doctrine. If the waiver wasn’t conspicuous or didn’t use the specific word “negligence,” it may fail under the Dresser standard. More importantly, waivers do not cover gross negligence. If your child was launched by a 200-pound adult on a court without a monitor, that is gross negligence.
How much is a trampoline park injury settlement worth in Texas?
It depends on the life-care costs. The Cosmic Jump $11.485 million verdict in Harris County is the Texas anchor. For a Salter-Harris fracture at age nine, the damages calculation anchors in the $500K to $2M range because we account for a decade of orthopedic monitoring and potential corrective surgeries.
Is the foam pit at the trampoline park really safe for my kid?
No. Foams pits are tied to permanent cervical paralysis. The industry is moving to airbags for exactly this reason. If the Urban Air or Sky Zone you visited still uses foam, you have a strong argument that they chose a less-safe design to save money.
How long do I have to sue a trampoline park in Texas?
The standard statute of limitations is two years, but for minors, it is tolled until they turn 18. However, Waiting is a mistake. The evidence—surveillance, witness statements, and the “original” incident report version—vanishes in days. We file fast.
What if my child has a “normal” CT but still has neck pain?
This could be SCIWORA (Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality). Pediatric spines are ligand-dominant and flexible. You must demand an MRI. Do not let a park attendant or an undertrained ER doc tell you to “walk it off.”
My child was hurt at a birthday party. Does the waiver the host signed bind us?
No. Texas Family Code § 153.073 is clear: only a parent or legal conservator can sign for a child. If a friend’s mom or the birthday host signed, that waiver is a legal nullity as to your child.
Why is the trampoline park insurance company offering us money so fast?
They are offering Med-Pay. It is usually a small check ($3,000-$5,000) with a release on the back. If you deposit it, you may be signing away your right to a multi-million-dollar recovery for future medical care. Never sign anything before calling we review it.
The Final Path: Holding the System Accountable
What happened to your child in the City of Rollingwood wasn’t bad luck—it was the output of a multi-billion-dollar system designed to cut corners. Sky Zone had $642 million in systemwide sales in 2024. These companies can afford the monitors. They can afford the airbags. They can afford the maintenance. They chose not to.
The park has lawyers. The franchisor has lawyers. The private equity sponsor has lawyers. So do we.
Your family deserves an attorney who can quote ASTM F2970 Section 10 from memory. Who knows the “Don’t Call 911” policy at Southlake or the harness failure at Sugar Land. Who has spent 25 years making corporate giants pay.
1-888-ATTY-911. (888) 288-9911. Hablamos Español. No fee unless we win. Three Texas offices to serve you. National reach for your recovery. The case starts today.
