In a heartrending incident in Washington, a 3-year-old boy was killed when a couple of adults fell on him inside an inflatable bouncer.

The boy, Jacob Pierce, was attending a birthday party at Hoppin’ Houses, a play area in Castle Rock that features inflatable houses. As the kids, including Jacob, were playing in the bouncer, two adults fell on Jacob. The boy received severe head injuries from being hit by their knees and elbows.

Jacob was rushed to St. John’s Medical Center in Longview where he was pronounced dead due to head trauma.

It’s not immediately clear what two adults were doing in an inflatable house meant for children. They obviously had no business roughhousing with a bunch of toddlers. And what of supervision at the facility? A recreational facility that has children as its primary users should have adequate safeguards in place to ensure that parents can leave their kids in there for a half hour of fun, without worrying if they’re going to get elbowed in the head. Jacob’s mother Rebecca Perce is rightfully furious when she says,” You need to have more supervision than an 18 year old adult sitting at the counter.”

Now, here’s the shocker. According to Jacob’s cousin who went back to Hoppin’ Houses later that day, the place was open for business and was, to top it all off, hosting another birthday party. The blood stains on the floor where Jacob bled after the incident had been covered with a mat. Needless to say, the family whose child’s birthday was being celebrated at the venue was blissfully unaware and uninformed of the tragedy that had taken place at that very same spot a few hours earlier.

This incident underscores the kind of callousness and negligence that prevailed at the Hoppin’ House, a place where kids are supposed to feel free – and safe.

If your child has been injured or killed due to head injuries in an accident that was the result of another’s carelessness, you can take steps to protect your legal rights. Call the California wrongful death attorneys at The Reeves Law Group today for a free consultation.