FOR THE TIME BEING TRAFFIC OFFICERS ARE REROUTING CARS ONTO NAVARRO STREET FOR ACCESS
TO OTHER ROADWAYS.
>> TRAVELING PARKS MAY SEEM LIKE GREAT PLACES TO HANG OUT WITH YOUR KIDS ON COLD WINTER
DAYS ARE HOT SUMMER AFTERNOONS
BUT MANY PEOPLE RARELY THINK
ABOUT THE RISKS THAT COME WITH
THE HIGH-FLYING 5.
>> IT WAS THE MOST SHOCKING
THING I’VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE
WITH MY KID. YEAH, IT WAS IT
WAS HORRIFYING HORRIFYING
ACCIDENTS AND WE’RE.
>> VERY FORTUNATE THAT HE
SURVIVED.
>> IN THE SUMMER OF
2013 TRACE MUNCHAK A 16
YEAR-OLD SON SUFFERED A
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AT A
HOUSTON-AREA TRAMPOLINE PARK
WHEN HE FELL THROUGH A HOLE IN
THE CANVAS. HIS PARENTS SUED LEADING TO ONE OF THE LARGEST JURY VERDICT AGAINST A
TRAMPOLINE PARK BUT 6 YEARS
LATER, AND CHALK IS STILL
FIGHTING FOR A LAW TO REGULATE
THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
INDUSTRY HERE IN TEXAS.
TONIGHT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
DANGERS FACING CUSTOMERS AND
THE LACK OF REGULATION IN THIS
DEFENDERS INVESTIGATION.
>> I LITERALLY THREW UP TRADESMEN CHAKA SAYS SHE BECAME PHYSICALLY ILL FIRST TIME SHE
SAW THIS VIDEO OF HER SON MAX
FALLING THROUGH A LARGE HOLE IN
THE TRAMPOLINE AT AN INDOOR
PARK LANDING ON THE HARD
CONCRETE FLOOR BELOW THAT’S
WHERE HE.
>> CHEDDAR’S SCHOOL AND THEN
HAD AS A RESULT
3 DIFFERENT.
>> IMAGES OF HIS BRAIN IT WAS A
LIFE-ALTERING INJURY FOR THE 16
YEAR-OLD WAS LIKE HE BECAME A
CHILD LIKE AGAIN. IT WAS LIKE
HE WAS
YOU KNOW WHEN HE FELL IN THE
HOLE, HE WAS A SIX-YEAR BOY
WHEN IT CAME OUT IT WAS LIKE HE
WAS LIKE A LITTLE LITTLE MAX
MAX’S INJURY ONE OF THOUSANDS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO TRIPLING
PARKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS
THEY HAVE EXPLODED IN
POPULARITY. EARLIER THIS YEAR,
THE ABC AFFILIATE
IN PHILADELPHIA.
>> HIGHLIGHTED DOZENS OF CASES
OF INJURIES, INCLUDING BONE
FRACTURES
BROKEN NECKS AND THIS MAN WHOSE
FOOT WAS SEVERED FROM HIS LEG
AFTER LANDING ON THE SITE
COMMISSION’S FIRST OF ALL
YOU’VE GOT TO KNOW THAT YOU’RE
AT A STREAM LEHIGH.
>> INJURY RISK WHEN YOU GO TO
THESE PLACES ATTORNEYS TOM
CROSLEY HAS BECOME AN EXPERT ON
TRAMPOLINE
PARK INJURIES. HE TOOK ON MAX’S
CASE AND WAS ABLE TO PROVE THE
OPERATORS OF THE LOCATION WHERE
MAX WAS INJURED. KNEW IT
WAS UNSAFE. THEY KNEW ABOUT
THIS PROBLEM. BECAUSE IT
HAPPENED THE DAY BEFORE AS THEY
WERE CLOSING THE PARK. BUT
INSTEAD OF FIXING IT.
THEY OPEN THE PARK THE NEXT
MORNING VIDEOS OBTAINED FROM
THE BUSINESS SHOWED SEVERAL
KIDS PLAYING NEAR THE TEAR
BEFORE MAX FELL THROUGH WE WERE
ABLE TO SHOW
THAT FOR FOR THERE WERE LOTS OF
OTHER CLOSE
CALLS BEFORE MAX OUR CLIENT WAS
WAS INJURED IN OUR VIEW A CASE
OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE. THE JURY
AGREED AND AWARDED MAX
MILLION EVEN THOUGH HE HAD
SIGNED A WAIVER THIS COULD
RESULT IN PHYSICAL AND
OR EMOTIONAL HMOS TRAMPOLINE
PARKS REQUIRE CUSTOMERS TO SIGN
THESE DOCUMENTS RELEASING THE
BUSINESS FROM RESPONSIBILITY IF
GUESTS
ARE INJURED THE CROSS LEE SAYS
THEY’RE OFTEN UNENFORCEABLE
WHEN THEY INVOLVE MINORS, SO IF
YOU’RE 18 OR OLDER YOU HAVE THE
LEGAL CAPACITY TO TO WAVER
RELEASE ANY FUTURE CLAIM YOU
MAY HAVE. BUT YOU DON’T HAVE
THE ABILITY TO DO THAT TO A
CHILD. SO EVEN
A PARENT CAN’T WAVE A CHILD’S
INJURIES PLACE THIS SUMMER THE
DEFENDERS REQUESTED SAN ANTONIO
FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE IS TO
5 LOCAL TRAMPOLINE PARKS
FROM JANUARY 2017 THROUGH THE
END OF JULY
THIS YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE
RECORDS THERE WERE 67 CALLS
MOST CLASSIFIED AS SIMPLY
TRAUMA RESPONSES WITH SOME FOR
FALLS CHEST PAINS
AND FAINTING. THE ABSENCE OF
REGULATION MEANS THAT PRETTY
MUCH ANYTHING GOES CROSSLEY
INTIMATE CHAKA FAMILY HOPED
THEIR CASE WOULD SPUR CHANGES
IN THE TRAMPOLINE PARK INDUSTRY
BUT 6 YEARS LATER. IT
REMAINS UNREGULATED. >> THERE’S A NEED TO ESTABLISH SOME BASELINE OF OF REGULATION
FOR SAFETY PURPOSES THERE OUGHT
TO BE CERTAIN SECTIONS THAT
ARE REQUIRED THERE OUGHT TO BE
MINIMUM SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE ON
THE MINIMUM INSURANCE LIMITS.
THE REQUIRED THAT’S THE HOLE
THAT HE FELL THROUGH A DIRT
TODAY IS THAT I HAVE HAD TO
BECOME A TRAMPOLINE PARK OUT.
>> ACTIVISTS.
>> IN CHALK IT HAS WORKED ON
DRAFTING A BILL TO REGULATE
TRAMPOLINE PARKS HERE IN TEXAS
BUT
SO FAR HASN’T FOUND ANY
LAWMAKERS WILLING TO TAKE IT ON
I REALLY THINK IT’S GOING TO
TAKE A MAJOR TRAGEDY.
>> AN ENTIRE COLLAPSE OF
EQUIPMENT WITH THE ENTIRE
BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE FOR
SOMEBODY GOES. BUT IT BUT.
>> WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
>> NOW ON ITS WEBSITE. THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRAMPOLINE PARKS AS PATRON
SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY IN
EVERY INCIDENT IS A SERIOUS
MATTER. THE
ASSOCIATION SAYS DATA INDICATES
INJURY RATES FOR THE PARKS ARE
LOWER OR SIMILAR TO CALM A NEW
SPORTS LIKE SOCCER BASKETBALL
AND VOLLEYBALL AND MUCH LOWER
THAN CONTACT SPORTS LIKE
FOOTBALL. AND ITS ANNUAL
CONFERENCE THIS FALL THE
ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED THAT BY
2021 ITS MEMBERS WILL BE
REQUIRED TO PASS 3RD PARTY
INSPECTIONS BY AN
IMPROVED INSPECTOR BUT
ACCORDING CRITIC CRITICS SAY
THAT DOESN’T MEAN MUCH BECAUSE
TRAMPOLINE PARKS ARE REQUIRED
TO BELONG TO THE ASSOCIATION
THAT SO MUCH GOOD INFORMATION
REALLY GREAT STORY I WANT TO
BACK TO MAX THOUGH HOW’S HE
DOING TODAY.
>> AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
PARK WHERE HE WAS INJURED.
WELL THE PARK CLOSED SHORTLY
AFTER THE JURY FOUND HIM
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAX’S INJURY
WHICH WAS A VICTORY FOR THE
FAMILY MAX IS NOW IN COLLEGE