WI product liability settlements: trampoline injury lawsuits Injury settlement amounts depend on the quality of your lawyer.

The 3 most common reasons for trampoline injury lawsuits are:

1. Businesses with trampolines for children to play on are required to carry liability insurance to cover the medical costs of any injuries incurred while using their equipment. They also have attorneys to handle injury cases. If you want reimbursement for your medical costs, you absolutely need someone who “speaks the language” of personal injury law and will not cave into any lowball settlement offer made by the business’s attorney.
2. If the injury occurred at a neighbor’s house, be aware that homeowners' insurance may or may not cover trampoline injuries. In situations like this, it is always advisable to have an experienced personal injury attorney contact the homeowner’s insurance agency, as the details and language used in these policies can seem quite complex to anyone not familiar with this type of legalese.
3. If the injury can be attributed to a flaw in the design or manufacture of the trampoline, you should know our Madison personal injury attorneys have extensive experience pursuing product liability lawsuits against the makers of defective and dangerous products.

Why it’s important to have an experienced personal injury attorney for trampoline injury cases

Trampoline injuries often happen while a child is playing at a friend’s house, at camp or at a trampoline park. Determining who is at fault for a trampoline injury can be complicated. A skilled attorney will consider all the evidence to decide if you have a case and, if so, who should be held responsible for the injury. For those who have a trampoline at home or are concerned about their children playing at the house of a friend where there is a trampoline, we offer the following safety tips.

Home trampoline safety tips

Following these simple tips can help reduce the chance of a trampoline-related injury:

• Don’t jump on an old trampoline with missing or corroded springs or a flimsy frame
• Don’t use a trampoline without a frame pad that covers the springs and frame on the outer perimeter of the trampoline
• Don’t jump anywhere on the trampoline but in the center
• Don’t let children bounce on the trampoline without adult supervision
• Don’t let more than one person on the trampoline at a time
• Don’t allow children under the age of 6 to use the trampoline
• Don’t go beyond your ability with flips and somersaults unless you are working with a coach to guide you
• Don’t leave your trampoline open so that children in the neighborhood can jump on it without supervision. A fence or other enclosure around it is a good idea, and some homeowner insurance policies actually require a fence around a home trampoline to limit access to it.

A guide to pursuing legal action for trampoline injuries in Wisconsin

The backyard trampoline is a common sight all over America. Many parents buy trampolines thinking they will be healthy fun for their children, but trampolines are notoriously dangerous when used carelessly, or when improperly assembled or maintained. So dangerous, in fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against having a trampoline at home.

Whatever the situation surrounding the trampoline injury you or your child has sustained, the Madison personal injury lawyers of Warshafsky Law will stop at nothing to ensure you are fully compensated for the injury. Unlike “sign and settle” law firms that are quick to accept lowball offers of settlement from insurance companies so they can get back to the golf course, Warshafsky Law prepares every case as though it will go to trial, and we don’t back down from fighting the good fight. Just take a look at some of the Society Changing Judgments we have acquired for our clients.

Trampoline injury statistics

In 2014 alone, there were over 100,000 trampoline-related injuries in the United States—and those are just the ones reported. The most common injuries are fractures and sprains. One of the most common injuries occurs when one child is coming down on the trampoline as another is lifting off. This has resulted in injuries as severe as leg fractures in young children. Even more serious, many children have been paralyzed and there have been at least six trampoline-related deaths since 1990.

Common trampoline injuries

• Knee injury
• Neck injury
• Back injury
• Foot, ankle, or leg injury
• Brain injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Concussion