“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.”
Those words, spoken by Kaitlin “Kati” Hill to ABC News after her three-year-old son Colton suffered a shattered femur at a trampoline park, haunt every parent who has lived through a similar nightmare in the Town of Bishop Hills. It starts as a Saturday afternoon trip for a birthday party or a reward for good grades. You drive through Potter County, perhaps past the landmarks of the Texas Panhandle, with a car full of excited children. You sign a waiver on a digital kiosk, hand over your credit card, and watch your child run toward a court of interconnected trampolines.
Within minutes—sometimes in as little as eight minutes of arrival—the laughter stops. There is a collision, an awkward landing, or a fall from a climbing wall. In that moment, your family’s life changes.
What happened to your child in the Town of Bishop Hills was not an “unforeseeable accident.” It was not a “freak occurrence.” Based on our twenty-five years of experience litigating catastrophic injuries against Fortune 500 corporations, we know the truth: trampoline injuries are the predictable output of a systemic failure. The industry knows these injuries will happen. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been warning about the inherent dangers of recreational trampolines since 1999. The trampoline park industry itself drafted the safety standards, such as ASTM F2970, which they frequently violate when the courts in Potter County get crowded and profit margins take priority over child safety.
We are Attorney911, led by Ralph Manginello, and we have spent over two decades holding institutional defendants accountable for life-altering negligence. We represent families in the Town of Bishop Hills and throughout Texas who are facing the brutal reality of growth plate fractures, traumatic brain injuries, and spinal cord trauma. Our team includes a former insurance defense attorney, Lupe Peña, who used to sit on the other side of the table. He knows exactly how the national park chains—Sky Zone, Urban Air, Altitude, and DEFY—build their defenses. He knows which waiver clauses are full of holes and which insurance layers are hidden from the public.
If you are standing in a trauma bay at a specialized center serving the Town of Bishop Hills, listening to a surgeon explain what a Salter-Harris fracture means for your daughter’s future, you need more than a lawyer who “handles accidents.” You need a firm that has litigated against BP after the Texas City refinery explosion and is currently pursuing a $10 million lawsuit involving rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure. You need a team that can quote the industry’s own safety floor from memory and knows how to pierce the corporate shields of private equity-backed conglomerates like Palladium Equity Partners and Seidler Equity Partners.
Your child’s recovery depends on what happens in the next seven days. Park surveillance video is being overwritten. Incident reports are being “finalized” by corporate risk teams. Call us immediately at 1-888-ATTY-911. Hablamos Español. No fee unless we win.
The Systematic Negligence of the Trampoline Industry
When we investigate an injury in the Town of Bishop Hills, we look past the colorful foam and the neon lights. We look at the business decisions. A commercial trampoline park is a high-speed energy transfer environment. These facilities take a product that the AAP advises against and scale it to industrial proportions.
A park that allows a 200-pound adult to jump on the same mat as a 60-pound child is choosing to ignore basic physics. This is known as the “double-bounce,” where the energy of the heavier jumper launches the lighter child with up to four times the normal force. The resulting launch velocities are often more than a child’s musculoskeletal system can handle on descent. When a child in the Town of Bishop Hills comes off a court with a broken leg, it’s usually because an attendant—often a teenager with only 2 to 4 hours of training—wasn’t enforcing the one-jumper-per-bed rule mandated by ASTM F2970.
The industry drafted its own rules to create a safety floor. When they fail to hit that floor, it is a deliberate choice.
The Standard of Care: ASTM F2970 vs. Reality
Most parents in the Town of Bishop Hills believe someone is regulating these parks. They believe the state of Texas or the federal government has high safety standards in place. The reality is that the United States has no binding national safety standard for trampoline parks. While Europe operates under the mandatory EN ISO 23659:2022 and Australia mandates AS 4989:2015, the U.S. relies on a voluntary standard called ASTM F2970.
In the Town of Bishop Hills, use of this standard is not mandated by the state. The Texas Department of Insurance regulates the Class B inflatable attractions within the parks—the bungee trampolines and the Sky Rider ziplines—but the actual trampoline decks are statutorily excluded under Texas Occupations Code § 2151.002(1)(C)(iv). This regulatory gap is what the industry counts on. They operate in a vacuum where the only thing holding them accountable is a lawsuit filed by an experienced attorney who knows how to use the voluntary industry standard as evidence of the duty of care.
We hold these parks to the standard they claim to follow. We look for violations of:
- Attendant-to-jumper ratios (often ignoring the 1:32 best practice during peak Potter County weekends)
- Age and weight segregation (mixing toddlers with teenagers)
- Foam pit maintenance (allowing the cubes to compact below the 42-inch safety fill)
- Inspection logs (which are often signed pro forma without an actual safety check being performed)
When a park in the Town of Bishop Hills operates below these standards to save on labor costs, they are accepting the risk that your child will be the one on the stretcher.
The Liability Stack: Who is Actually Responsible?
A national chain like Sky Zone or Urban Air is not a single company. They are layered corporate structures designed to isolate the money from the liability. If your child was hurt in the Town of Bishop Hills, the park’s insurance adjuster might tell you the policy is only $1 million. We know better. The $1 million primary general liability (GL) policy is the floor, not the ceiling.
We perform corporate archeology on every case to identify the full defendant stack:
- The Operator LLC: The local entity in the Town of Bishop Hills area that signs the lease and hires the staff.
- The Franchisee: Often a larger multi-unit owner with additional insurance layers.
- The Franchisor: Corporate entities like Sky Zone Franchising LLC or Urban Air Franchise Holdings. They mandate the training and the standard of care. Because they retain control over safety protocols, they are reachable in court.
- The Parent Company / Private Equity Owner: The “deep pockets.” Sky Zone, Inc. is parented by Palladium Equity Partners; Urban Air is under Unleashed Brands, backed by Seidler Equity Partners.
- The Component Manufacturers: The vendors who made the torn mats or the defective auto-belay system on the climbing wall.
In the 2023 Damion Collins v. Urban Air Overland Park case, an arbitrator awarded $15.6 million for a paralysis injury. The franchisor, UATP Management, LLC, was forced to absorb 40% of that fault. This case proved that the “we just license the brand” defense is a lie. If the franchisor dictates the rules that caused the injury, we hold them accountable.
The Homeowner and Manufacturer Risk
Not all injuries happen at commercial parks serving the Town of Bishop Hills. Many take place in backyards right here in the Texas Panhandle. A Jumpking, Skywalker, or a Bouncepro from Walmart is in nearly one million yards across America.
Manufacturers like Skywalker and Jumpking provide owner’s manuals that contain warnings most parents never read—because they aren’t meant to be read. They are meant to shield the manufacturer from liability. ASTM F381, the consumer trampoline standard, prohibits children under six from jumping. Yet, these products are marketed to young families every day.
If your child was injured on a neighbor’s trampoline in the Town of Bishop Hills, Texas law applies the “attractive nuisance” doctrine. Because a trampoline is an artificial condition that is highly attractive to children who may not appreciate the danger, the homeowner can be held liable for injuries to child trespassers or invited playmates.
Most homeowners’ insurance policies in Potter County actually exclude trampoline injuries. We look for the umbrella policy or the product liability claim against the manufacturer to ensure your child’s medical bills are covered.
Catastrophic Pediatric Injuries: Physics and Biology
A “broken leg” at a trampoline park is almost never just a broken leg. Pediatric anatomy is biomechanically distinct from an adult’s. In the Town of Bishop Hills, we see specific injury patterns that the trampoline industry refuses to warn you about.
Salter-Harris Growth Plate Fractures
Growth plates, or physes, are the areas of cartilage near the ends of bones where new bone tissue is produced. Because cartilage is weaker than the ligaments surrounding it, a high-energy landing on a trampoline bed will break the growth plate before it ever sprains the ankle.
A Salter-Harris Type II fracture at age nine means the bone may not grow straight or at the same length as the other limb. The true extent of the damage might not manifest for another five years—right when the Town of Bishop Hills student reaches their high school growth spurt. We hire pediatric orthopedic consultants and life-care planners to project these costs decades into the future. We don’t settle for the current ER bill; we settle for the lifetime of monitoring and potential surgeries your child faces.
SCIWORA and Cervical Trauma
Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality (SCIWORA) is a pediatric phenomenon where a child sustains a severe cord injury even though the CT scan and X-rays look “normal.” The ligaments in a child’s neck can stretch far enough to bruise the spinal cord and then snap back into place.
If your child landed head-first in a foam pit at a Town of Bishop Hills area park and complained of neck pain or weakness, they needed an MRI with STIR sequences immediately. Many ERs miss this diagnosis. A child told to “walk it off” by an untrained court monitor can sustain permanent paralysis within hours of a “minor” incident. We know how to prove that the park’s failure to recognize this medical emergency constitutes gross negligence.
The Rhabdomyolysis Risk
One of the most under-reported emergencies following a trampoline park visit is exertional rhabdomyolysis. This occurs when skeletal muscle tissue breaks down after extended, intense exertion—like a two-hour jumping session in a hot, poorly ventilated Potter County facility.
The byproduct of that muscle breakdown, myoglobin, floods the bloodstream and can cause acute kidney failure. If your child has dark, “cola-colored” urine, extreme muscle pain, or confusion 12 to 48 hours after their visit, you must go to the emergency room immediately. We currently litigate a $10 million lawsuit involving rhabdo. We know the experts, the laboratory benchmarks, and the medical-litigation architecture required to win these cases.
The Waiver is Not a Wall
The trampoline park in the Town of Bishop Hills is counting on you to believe that the waiver you signed at the kiosk ended your case. They want you to think you “assumed the risk.”
In Texas, this is simply not true.
The Gross Negligence Carve-Out: Texas law and the Moriel standard make it clear that a waiver cannot release a defendant from gross negligence. When we prove that a park had actual knowledge of a hazard—like the torn slide at Cosmic Jump in Harris County ($11.485M verdict)—and showed conscious indifference to the safety of others, the waiver is voided.
The Munoz Doctrine for Minors: In Texas, under Munoz v. II Jaz Inc., a parent generally cannot sign away their minor child’s right to sue for personal injuries. Your signature may bar your own derivative claims for medical bills, but it does not bar the child’s personal cause of action.
The Delfingen Spanish Attack: If your family’s primary language is Spanish and you were presented with an English-only iPad waiver at a busy Potter County park, the Delfingen US-Texas v. Valenzuela doctrine allows us to challenge the very formation of that contract. Lupe Peña speaks Spanish natively and can explain these rights to you directly. Hablamos Español. Llame al 1-888-ATTY-911.
Signing Authority: At birthday parties and quinceañeras in the Town of Bishop Hills, it is common for an aunt, a grandparent, or a family friend to sign the kiosk waiver for a group of children. Under Texas Family Code § 153.073, only a legal guardian has the authority to bind a minor. If the wrong person signed, the waiver is a legal nullity.
Preserving the Evidence in the first 48 Hours
The most common reason for a failed trampoline case isn’t a “good” defense; it is the destruction of evidence. Trampoline parks in the Town of Bishop Hills area are sophisticated operations with risk management teams that begin working before the ambulance leaves the parking lot.
You must understand the evidence clock:
- Surveillance DVRs: Set to overwrite on 7, 14, or 30-day cycles. If the park tells you the camera “wasn’t angled correctly,” we demand the DVR hard drive for forensic imaging via FTK Imager.
- Incident Reports: Often “revised” on park computer systems within 48 hours. We subpoena the metadata and edit timestamps.
- Kiosk Logs: Some databases purge version history every 72 hours.
- The Foam Pit: Can be refilled or “fluffed” within hours to hide inadequate depth.
Our spoliation letter is already drafted. It is a ten-section preservation demand that goes out to the park’s general manager, their registered agent, and the franchisor’s general counsel within 24 hours of you hiring us. We don’t wait for “polite” discovery. We freeze the truth in place.
How to Win Your Case: The Litigation Process
Most personal injury firms treat a trampoline case like a car accident. We don’t. We built our dedicated practice around this specific fight.
When you call Attorney911, we follow a ten-step battle plan:
- 24-Hour Spoliation: Immediate certified notice to all Potter County defendants.
- Scene Investigation: Deploying private investigators and photographers to capture the facility’s condition before it is remediated.
- Medical Chronology: Building a timeline from the first 911 call to the long-term orthopedic prognosis.
- Corporate Archeology: Pulling the Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDD) to find prior lawsuits and trace the money to the private equity parent.
- Biomechanical Reconstruction: Hiring engineers to model the energy transfer—proving the park violated the physics of safe jumping.
- ASTM Compliance Audit: Measuring the park’s actual operation against F2970 and the international EN ISO 23659:2022 standards.
- Waiver Deconstruction: Applying the Dresser express negligence and conspicuousness tests to the Potter County kiosk version.
- Deposition Pressure: Taking the sworn testimony of the teenage attendants and the shift supervisors who SAW the danger and did nothing.
- Expert Validation: Retaining the pediatric neurologists and spine surgeons whose testimony makes the defense’s “Independent” Medical Examiner (IME) look like a paid advocate.
- Trial Readiness: We prepare every case to go before a Potter County jury. Because we are ready for trial, we achieve settlements that other firms leave on the table.
Frequently Asked Questions for Bishop Hills Families
What should I do if my child was hurt at an Urban Air in Town of Bishop Hills?
Get medical care immediately at a facility like Northwest Texas Healthcare System or a Level 1 pediatric center. Do not give a recorded statement to the park’s adjuster. Call us at 1-888-ATTY-911 within 24 hours so we can send a spoliation letter to stop their surveillance video from being overwritten.
Can I sue if I signed a waiver at Sky Zone?
Yes. Texas courts frequently void these waivers for gross negligence, failure to satisfy “fair notice” under Dresser, and on behalf of minor children under the Munoz rule. The waiver is the park’s opening argument, not the judge’s final ruling.
Why is the trampoline park’s insurance offering us money so fast?
This is the “Med-Pay Trojan Horse.” They offer a small check (often $3,000 to $5,000) for “immediate medical bills.” If you deposit that check or sign the enclosed form, you are often releasing the entire multi-million dollar claim your child has. Do not sign anything without us reviewing it.
How much is a trampoline park injury settlement worth in Texas?
It depends on the injury and the liability. The Cosmic Jump Harris County verdict of $11.485 million and the Damion Collins $15.6 million award are at the high end for catastrophic cases. Even for non-paralysis cases like growth plate fractures or reconstructive surgery, settlements often range in the hundreds of thousands to millions when handled by a firm that knows how to build the life-care plan correctly.
Who is responsible for a foam pit infection at a trampoline park?
This is a premises liability claim. Foam pits cannot be effectively sanitized. They harbor MRSA, Staph, and Norovirus. If your child developed a severe infection or necrotizing fasciitis after landing in a foam pit, the park is liable for its unsanitary conditions and failure to warn you of the biological risk.
What if my child was injured on a neighbor’s backyard trampoline in Bishop Hills?
Texas law uses the attractive nuisance doctrine. The homeowner is liable for failing to secure a hazardous condition (the trampoline) that attracted your child. We look at the homeowner’s GL policy, their umbrella policy, and the manufacturer’s product liability tower simultaneously.
Does it cost anything to hire Attorney911?
No upfront costs. We work on a contingency fee basis, which means we don’t get paid unless we win your case. We advance all the expensive expert fees—the biomechanical engineers, the pediatric neurologists, and the life-care planners—so your family doesn’t have to.
Why Attorney911 is the Right Choice for Potter County Families
When your child is hurt, everyone has an opinion. The park manager says it’s an accident. The insurance adjuster says the waiver is ironclad. Even well-meaning friends might tell you it isn’t worth the hassle of a lawsuit.
Don’t listen to the people who aren’t on your side.
We represent the parent who is watching a physical therapist teach their child how to walk again. We represent the family whose son has nightmares about the day the harness failed at Urban Air. We represent the families of the Town of Bishop Hills because we know this entire industry is built on a gamble: that you won’t realize what your rights are until the evidence is gone.
Ralph Manginello has spent twenty-five years making corporate defendants pay for cutting corners on safety. We’ve gone toe-to-toe with BP, Walmart, Amazon, FedEx, and UPS. We are the only firm with an active $10 million rhabdomyolysis bridge. We have the data, we have the forensic tools, and we have the willingness to take your case to a jury if the insurance company doesn’t bring a fair offer.
Contact Attorney911 Now — 24/7
Call 1-888-ATTY-911 (1-888-288-9911). 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Hablamos Español. Our Texas offices are our home, but our authority reaches every park and every manufacturer in the country. The consultation is free. The evidence preservation starts the moment you hang up.
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National Trampoline Injury Practice
Town of Bishop Hills, Texas
Potter County
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The Final Move: Accountability Starts with a Call
You signed the waiver because the kiosk was fast and the kids were eager. You told them to have fun. None of that put your child in a hospital bed. The park’s decision to ignore ASTM F2970, to understaff their courts, and to operate unmaintained foam pits is what caused this injury.
You are not the reason this happened. But you are the only one who can ensure it doesn’t happen to the next family in the Town of Bishop Hills. By holding the national chains and their private equity owners accountable, you are doing more than recovering for your child—you are forcing the industry to change.
We were built for this fight. We have the internal manuals, the 50-state case map, and the medical-litigation architecture to win. Call me, Ralph Manginello, or call my partner Lupe. Let’s look at your case. Let’s look at the waiver. And let’s start holding them accountable today.
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