$33.5 Million Lawsuit Filed by Quadraplegic Woman Over Trampoline Injury
According to The Oregonian, a 20-year old Oregon woman whose neck was fractured while bouncing on a trampoline has filed a $33.5 million lawsuit. Defendants in the personal injury lawsuit include the hospital where she was treated, the manufacturer of the trampoline, and a youth pastor who was jumping with her when the incident took place. Her lawsuit alleges that the youth pastor should have known that his weight, significantly greater than her own, would cause her to fly through the air. The woman, who was 17 at the time of the accident, now has quadraplegia and uses a wheelchair. The Oregonian reports that the lawsuit also blames the medical center for the actions of a nurse who allegedly allowed the plaintiff to fall backward on her bad, causing her injury to be aggravated and possibly re-fractured.

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