Category: Premises liability

  • Bounce House Pitfalls: Keep Your Kids Safe This Summer

    Bounce House Pitfalls: Keep Your Kids Safe This Summer

    Are your kids home for the summer with too much free time on their hands and a seemingly endless supply of energy? It might be tempting to send them off with a babysitter to a bounce house or trampoline park to get them out of your hair for a while. But while trampolines can be…

  • How Do I Know if an Attorney Is Right for My Case?

    How Do I Know if an Attorney Is Right for My Case?

    If someone’s negligence has left you with serious injuries, you and your family may be facing a lot of uncertainty. You might find yourself unable to work and struggling to pay your medical bills and living expenses. And the insurance company may try to pressure you into accepting an unreasonably low settlement. With so much…

  • Premises Liability and Third Party Criminal Conduct in Texas

    Premises Liability and Third Party Criminal Conduct in Texas

    Premises Liability and Duty of Care Premises liability refers to the area of law concerning injuries that occur on the property, or premises, of another. People are injured while on the others’ property every day. They slip and fall on freshly mopped floors, they may be injured by malfunctioning escalators, or they may be struck…

  • New Trampoline Park Opening in San Antonio

    New Trampoline Park Opening in San Antonio

    Despite claims that “San Antonio residents can jump for joy” now that Flip’z Trampoline Park is open in Pica Pica Plaza, Crosley Law Firm has seen many serious personal cases arise from similar venues. Our primary office is in San Antonio, and while we certainly hope that Flip’z is earnest in their claim that “safety…

  • I Signed a Waiver – Do I Have any Legal Rights if I Got Injured?

    I Signed a Waiver – Do I Have any Legal Rights if I Got Injured?

    If you don’t have a trampoline park in your area, you may see one coming soon. Six years ago, there were only six indoor trampoline parks in the United States. Before the end of the calendar year in 2013, there were about 160 of them across the country – that’s a 2,666% increase. Along with…

  • Increased Popularity of Trampoline Parks Creates Need for Stricter Regulations

    Increased Popularity of Trampoline Parks Creates Need for Stricter Regulations

    Photo credit: djromanj / Foter / CC BY A recent rise in the popularity of trampoline parks is occurring all over the US. On July 18, Shakalaka Extreme Air Sports opened in Huntsville, Alabama. This facility has about 12,000 sq feet of trampoline for park attendees. Shakalaka is developer Case Lawrence’s 10th US trampoline park.…

  • Trampoline Injury Study: Long Term Data Analyzed

    Trampoline Injury Study: Long Term Data Analyzed

    Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are the first to analyze trampoline fracture patterns in a large population over an extended period of time, providing alarming new data about the rate of injury, especially in children. From 2002 to 2011, an estimated 288,876 people were sent to hospital emergency rooms with broken bones from…

  • Trampoline Injuries and Safety

    Trampoline Injuries and Safety

    The Trampoline Problem More and more we are seeing serious trampoline injuries from unsuspecting participants who visit trampoline parks. It seems that every week there is a news story from another family pleading with legislatures to regulate trampoline gym facilities, and begging fellow parents to learn about the risks before allowing their children to jump.…