Trampoline Park Injury Lawsuits: Was Your Child Injured?
A trampoline park injury can turn a fun day into an emergency room visit, surgery, long-term pain, or a permanent disability.
Children are often injured at a trampoline park during jumping, flips, dodgeball, foam pit landings, collisions, or falls caused by crowded courts, thin padding, unsafe equipment, or poor supervision.
Trampoline park accidents are not always random.
Some trampoline injuries happen because multiple people jump in the same area, older children or adults bounce near younger kids, staff fail to enforce safety rules, or worn equipment leaves a child exposed to a hard surface, steel cables, a frame edge, or a concrete floor.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has reported that most trampoline injuries occur when multiple people are on the trampoline at the same time, and that cervical spine injuries often involve falls, somersaults, or flips.
A trampoline park injury lawsuit may be available when a child was hurt because a commercial trampoline park failed to use reasonable safety measures.
These cases may involve broken bones, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, torn ligaments, neck injuries, severe bruises, or other serious injuries requiring medical care.
When a Trampoline Park Injury May Lead to a Lawsuit
A trampoline park injury may lead to a lawsuit when the accident was caused by a preventable hazard rather than an ordinary, unavoidable risk of jumping on a trampoline.
In most cases, the key question is whether the park, its employees, a manufacturer, or a maintenance contractor did something wrong or failed to protect jumpers from known risks.
A legal claim may be possible when the injury involved:
- Unsafe trampoline equipment, thin padding, broken springs, exposed frames, steel cables, torn mats, or dangerous gaps
- Poor maintenance, missed inspections, or failure to repair known hazards
- Lack of supervision, understaffing, or employees who failed to enforce safety rules
- Overcrowding, especially when multiple people jump in the same area
- Larger jumpers, adults, or older children jumping near younger kids
- Foam pits, risky stunts, flips, high-performance trampoline areas, or parkour attractions
- A fall from height, impact with a concrete floor, or a hard landing outside a safe landing zone
- Failure to separate jumpers by age, size, or skill level
- Failure to warn parents and children about known injury risks
A lawsuit is more likely when the child suffered serious injuries, needed emergency room treatment, required surgery, or continues to have pain, mobility limits, or long-term treatment needs.
Unsafe Equipment or Poor Maintenance
Trampoline park owners and operators are responsible for keeping their equipment reasonably safe.
A child can be injured at a trampoline park when mats are torn, padding is too thin, springs are exposed, steel cables are accessible, frames are not covered, or foam pits are not properly maintained.
Unsafe equipment may turn a normal bounce into a serious accident.
A jumper who expects to land on a trampoline may instead hit a frame, hard platform, or concrete floor if the equipment breaks or has not been inspected.
These failures can lead to broken bones, traumatic brain injuries, spinal injuries, neck trauma, and other preventable injuries.
Maintenance issues may include:
- Torn trampoline beds
- Loose or missing padding
- Exposed springs, frames, cables, or hard edges
- Defective netting or barriers
- Unsafe foam pits or insufficient foam depth
- Worn landing surfaces
- Broken attraction components
- Failure to close a court after prior complaints or accidents
A 2024 study published in Pediatrics reviewed injuries at trampoline parks and found higher injury rates in high-performance areas and inflatable bag or foam pit areas.
The same study reported that 11% of injured users sustained significant injuries.
Lack of Supervision or Overcrowding
A trampoline park should not rely only on posted safety rules.
Staff must monitor jumpers, stop risky stunts, prevent overcrowding, and respond when kids are jumping in a dangerous way.
Lack of supervision may allow multiple people to jump too close together, older children to collide with younger kids, or one child to perform flips near another jumper.
Overcrowding increases the risk of trampoline accidents because jumpers cannot control the force created by other people jumping nearby.
One person’s bounce can create a double bounce that throws another child off balance.
The risk is greater when children younger in age or smaller in size are on the same court as older children, teens, or adults.
Poor supervision may involve:
- Too few employees watching too many jumpers
- Staff who are distracted or poorly trained
- Failure to enforce only one child per trampoline rule where required
- Failure to separate children by age, size, or ability
- Allowing flips, rough play, or risky stunts in unsafe areas
- Failure to stop dodgeball collisions or unsafe jumping
- Failure to remove jumpers who violate safety rules
The AAP has reported that smaller participants face greater injury risk when jumping with heavier participants, and that many trampoline related injuries involve multiple simultaneous users.
Larger Jumpers Injuring Smaller Children
Many trampoline injuries occur because larger jumpers create greater force.
When an older child, teenager, or adult lands near a smaller child, the trampoline surface can recoil with enough force to throw the younger child into the air or cause an awkward landing.
This is often called a double bounce.
A larger jumper may injure a smaller child even without direct contact.
The child may land wrong, twist a knee or ankle, fall onto a hard edge, or strike another person.
Direct collisions can also cause head injuries, broken bones, bruises, neck trauma, and dental injuries.
Trampoline parks may be responsible when they fail to control these size-related risks.
A park may be negligent if it allows younger kids to jump with older children or adults, ignores overcrowding, fails to use separate areas, or fails to enforce rules meant to protect smaller children.
Common Injuries Suffered at Trampoline Parks
Common trampoline injuries range from sprains and bruises to catastrophic spinal cord injuries.
Most injuries are not fatal, but trampoline park accidents can cause severe harm when a child lands wrong, falls, hits a hard surface, collides with another jumper, or enters a foam pit at the wrong angle.
The most common injuries may include:
- Broken bones, including arm, wrist, ankle, leg, and collarbone fractures
- Sprains and strains
- Torn ligaments, including ACL, MCL, and ankle ligament injuries
- Concussions
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Neck and back injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Paralysis
- Dislocations
- Dental and facial injuries
- Cuts, bruises, and soft tissue injuries
- Internal injuries after a hard fall or collision
- Growth plate injuries in children
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated that 104,691 hospital emergency room-treated injuries were associated with trampolines in 2014.
The CPSC also reported 22 trampoline-related deaths over the 10-year period from 2000 through 2009, with injuries and deaths involving collisions, improper landings, falls, and contact with trampoline springs or frames.
Can You Sue After Signing a Waiver?
Yes, you may still be able to sue a trampoline park even if a waiver was signed.
A waiver does not automatically end every trampoline park injury claim, especially when the injured person is a child, the waiver was signed by only one parent, the injury involved gross negligence, or the park failed to follow basic safety rules.
Waiver laws vary by state.
Some courts enforce recreational waivers in certain adult injury cases, while other courts limit or reject waivers involving minors, unclear language, gross negligence, or claims that were not properly covered by the agreement.
In 2025, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed lawsuits involving minors injured at Sky Zone-operated trampoline parks.
The court held that the participation agreement and arbitration provision signed by one parent were not enforceable against the injured minors or the non-signing parents under those circumstances.
Why a Signed Waiver Does Not Automatically End Your Case
A signed waiver is only one issue in a trampoline park injury lawsuit.
It does not prove that the park acted safely, that the equipment was properly maintained, or that the child’s injuries were unavoidable.
A waiver may not protect a trampoline park when:
- The injured person was a minor
- A parent signed away rights the law does not allow a parent to waive
- The agreement was unclear, hidden, or misleading
- The injury involved gross negligence or reckless conduct
- The park violated its own safety rules
- Employees failed to supervise jumpers
- The accident involved defective equipment
- A manufacturer or maintenance contractor contributed to the injury
- The claim involves separate rights held by a child or non-signing parent
Families should not assume they have no case because they signed a form at the front desk or online.
The enforceability of a waiver depends on state law, the wording of the document, who signed it, who was injured, and what caused the accident.
Lawsuits Involving Injured Children
Many trampoline park injury lawsuits involve children because kids are frequent visitors and are more vulnerable to injury from collisions, double bounce forces, falls, and unsafe equipment.
Children younger in age may not understand the risk of flips, foam pits, crowded courts, or people jumping near them.
They also may not be able to protect themselves when adults or older children land nearby.
Lawsuits involving injured children often focus on whether the park failed to take reasonable safety measures.
A claim may allege that the park failed to supervise, failed to separate jumpers by age or size, failed to maintain equipment, allowed overcrowding, or ignored dangerous conditions.
Child injury cases may also involve damages beyond immediate medical bills.
Families may need compensation for emergency room visits, surgery, conservative care, physical therapy, pain, emotional distress, permanent limitations, and future medical care.
Who May Be Liable in a Trampoline Park Injury Claim?
Liability depends on what went wrong.
A trampoline park accident may involve more than one responsible person or company.
In some cases, the local park operator is responsible.
In others, the claim may also involve a franchisor, equipment manufacturer, installer, maintenance contractor, property owner, or attraction operator.
Potentially liable parties may include:
- The trampoline park owner
- The local franchisee or operating company
- The national trampoline park brand or franchisor
- Property owners or landlords
- Equipment manufacturers
- Foam pit, zip line, climbing wall, or attraction manufacturers
- Installation contractors
- Maintenance and inspection contractors
- Staffing companies
- Employees or supervisors, depending on state law and case facts
Public trampoline park litigation has named local operators, brand entities, parent companies, construction companies, manufacturers, and other parties depending on the facts of the accident.
For example, one New Jersey case involving an alleged Sky Zone injury named Sky Zone entities, a local operating entity, CircusTrix entities, a construction company, a manufacturer, and others.
Trampoline Park Owners and Operators
Trampoline park owners and operators may be liable when they fail to keep the premises reasonably safe.
Their duties may include inspecting equipment, repairing hazards, training staff, supervising jumpers, controlling crowds, enforcing safety rules, and warning families about known risks.
A trampoline park may be negligent if it:
- Allows children to jump on damaged equipment
- Fails to cover hard surfaces with adequate padding
- Ignores thin padding, exposed cables, broken mats, or unsafe foam pits
- Allows multiple people to jump in a way that creates collision risk
- Fails to separate younger kids from older children or adults
- Allows risky stunts or flips in unsafe areas
- Fails to train employees on emergency procedures
- Fails to document and respond to prior accidents
A park can advertise fun, exercise, and a safe way to play, but it must still take reasonable steps to protect children from foreseeable hazards.
Equipment Manufacturers or Maintenance Contractors
A trampoline park injury claim may also involve a company that designed, manufactured, installed, inspected, or maintained the trampoline equipment.
These claims may arise when equipment breaks, a mat tears, padding fails, a frame is exposed, foam pit construction is unsafe, or an attraction does not perform as intended.
A manufacturer or maintenance contractor may be liable when:
- The trampoline or attraction was defectively designed
- The equipment was defectively manufactured
- The equipment lacked proper warnings
- Installation was done wrong
- Inspections were incomplete
- Repairs were delayed or poorly performed
- Replacement parts were unsafe or incompatible
- Maintenance records show recurring problems
These cases often require technical evidence.
Attorneys may review inspection records, maintenance logs, manufacturer manuals, safety standards, surveillance footage, incident reports, and expert opinions.
Do You Qualify for a Trampoline Park Injury Lawsuit?
You may qualify for a trampoline park injury lawsuit if you or your child suffered a significant injury and evidence suggests the accident was caused by unsafe conditions, poor supervision, defective equipment, or a failure to follow safety rules.
A claim may be stronger if the injury involved:
- Emergency room treatment
- Broken bones
- Surgery
- A concussion or traumatic brain injury
- Neck or back trauma
- Torn ligaments
- Spinal cord injury
- Paralysis
- A foam pit accident
- A fall onto a hard surface or concrete floor
- A collision with another jumper
- An injury involving younger kids and larger jumpers
- A known hazard the park failed to fix
Not every trampoline accident leads to a lawsuit.
A legal review focuses on what caused the injury, whether the danger was preventable, and whether a person or company failed to act reasonably.
Evidence in Trampoline Park Accidents
Evidence can disappear quickly after a trampoline park accident.
Surveillance footage may be overwritten, employees may forget details, equipment may be repaired, and incident reports may remain in the park’s control.
Parents should collect and preserve evidence as soon as possible.
Important evidence may include:
- Photos or videos of the trampoline, foam pit, court, padding, frame, or attraction
- Photos of the child’s injuries
- The park’s incident report
- Names and contact information for witnesses
- Medical records and emergency room discharge papers
- Proof of follow-up treatment, surgery, therapy, or conservative care
- The waiver or participation agreement
- Receipts, online booking records, or party agreements
- Shoes, grip socks, wristbands, or other items worn at the park
- Communications with the trampoline park or insurance company
- Requests for surveillance video
- Maintenance logs, inspection records, and employee training materials
Families should avoid giving recorded statements to the park’s insurer before speaking with a lawyer.
Statements made soon after an accident may be used later to dispute how the child was hurt.
Damages in Trampoline Park Injury Claims
Damages in a trampoline park injury claim depend on the severity of the injury, the child’s treatment, and the long-term impact on the family.
Some trampoline injuries heal with conservative care, but serious injuries may require surgery, hospitalization, physical therapy, pain management, or long-term medical follow-up.
Recoverable damages may include:
- Emergency room bills
- Ambulance costs
- Surgery and hospitalization
- Follow-up appointments
- Physical therapy
- Medication and medical equipment
- Future medical care
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Scarring or disfigurement
- Loss of mobility or function
- Parent wage loss related to caring for an injured child
- Reduced quality of life
- Permanent disability
Punitive damages may be available in limited cases involving reckless conduct, gross negligence, or conscious disregard for safety.
Punitive damages are not available in every case and depend on state law and the facts.
TorHoerman Law: Investigating Trampoline Accidents at Commercial Establishments
TorHoerman Law is investigating trampoline accidents at commercial establishments, including trampoline parks, indoor adventure parks, foam pit attractions, and related recreational facilities.
These cases may involve injured children, teens, or adults who suffered serious injuries during jumping, flips, collisions, foam pit landings, or falls.
Our legal team reviews whether the trampoline park had unsafe equipment, inadequate padding, poor maintenance, overcrowded courts, lack of supervision, or rules that were not enforced.
We also examine whether another company, such as an equipment manufacturer or maintenance contractor, contributed to the accident.
Contact TorHoerman Law for a free consultation if your child was injured at a trampoline park and needed medical care.
You can also use the chatbot on this page to see if you qualify today.
A lawyer can review the facts, determine whether the injury was preventable, and explain whether your family may have a trampoline park injury lawsuit.
