![]() The video reviews some of the hazards of jumping on a trampoline such as doing flips, somersaults and “double bouncing,” but there is no mention of potential dangers posed by mats and pads. Sky Zone requires customers to sign a waiver and view a brief safety video before entering the trampoline court. “Here’s this for-profit company that knowingly has all these injuries that are taking place at their locations, and they are doing nothing about it, they are not providing any support for the people who do get injured there, and they just go and sue non-profit organizations that bring people to their location.” “We found out through discovery that they’ve had many very similar injuries, in the same manner as our resident experienced there,” said Lisa Scanlon, board member of Bay State Community Services, a social services organization. In the Mooney case, which is still ongoing, court documents show Sky Zone counter sued the non-profit agency that took Mooney and other residents of a group home to Sky Zone Boston. In many of the cases reviewed by 25 Investigates, Sky Zone settled out of court with injury victims, often requiring plaintiffs to sign a non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement as part of the deal. We take all allegations seriously and analyze any incident internally and consult with third party industry experts to continuously learn from them and create the safest environment possible for Guests.” We take several measures to reduce these risks such as daily equipment and area spot checks and educate our Guests about safety in our parks. We are committed to ongoing evaluations to promote Guest safety. “At Sky Zone, the safety of our Guests is our top priority. Requests for comment from the owner of Sky Zone’s Massachusetts franchise were declined, but a public relations firm for the company e-mailed 25 Investigates a statement: Most of the calls involved an injured foot or leg, the data shows. “I don’t want to see any another child go through what my child went through,” said Audain.Īt the five Sky Zone locations in Massachusetts, 224 calls for medical emergencies were reported in the last seven years, according to police and EMS data obtained by 25 Investigates. He required several surgeries and had pins put into his leg. He ended up at a New Jersey hospital with a broken femur that left him in a cast from his hip to his toes. “His dad picks him up and he can’t straighten his leg.” Then he screams ‘Daddy, Mommy’ and we went over and he’s trying to push himself up with his two hands and he couldn’t,” recalled Deslyn Audain, Jeremiah’s mother. “Jeremiah was on his knees, just sitting on his knees. But there is nothing about Watch Out you might slide underneath this and break your leg.”Ī celebration for a friend’s birthday quickly turned into agony for four-year-old Jeremiah Lang and his parents after a bigger jumper ended up falling on top of him during a game of trampoline dodge ball. “They are all kids, so they are all jumping around on a trampoline and the rules [at Sky Zone} are pretty, pretty primitive. ![]() ![]() ![]() “You are talking about a pretty vast surface of a series of trampolines and I don't know how many people they let on them but a lot of people all jumping at once,” said David Duncan, one of the other attorneys representing Mooney. An employee manual obtained by 25 Investigates warns workers to “BE AWARE OF THE PADS.” Mats and pads appear to be of concern for Sky Zone too. In report after report, customers describe injuries involving either trampoline mats or the protective pads around the metal frame. Sky Zone’s own incident reports highlight the problem. The lawsuit alleges “the trampolines on premises were defective and unreasonably dangerous.” “The trampolines are inter-connected, and they are next to each other and these trampoline parks encourage people to jump from trampoline to trampoline and you can’t really count on kids and even adults to jump right on the center,” said David Chazen, a New Jersey attorney who is representing seven people who were injured at Sky Zone parks.Ī Wareham teenager ended up in a wheelchair and on crutches “unable to engage in his usual activities” for almost a year after fracturing his tibia and fibula when his “right foot landed on the hard surface underneath covering the trampoline frame” at Sky Zone Boston, according to court documents. ![]() Other attorneys who spoke to 25 Investigates say the pattern of foot and leg injuries indicates there could be flaws in the design of the equipment. ![]()
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