Attorneys for the family of a Chesapeake teen are suing a local gymnastics academy for $350 million, alleging a “loose foam pit” caused the boy to sustain a major spinal cord injury in 2024, resulting in his quadriplegia.
The lawsuit alleges that the gymnastics foam pit was too shallow and did not have enough foam cubes, which resulted in Cody Bennett, then 16 years old, sustaining a spinal cord injury, according to a complaint filed by Breit Biniazan Trial Lawyers.
The suit lists other allegations about the pit, including a lack of “the standard trampoline or other netted web apparatus at the bottom,” as well as a lack of “standard padding along the sides, edges, and outer layer.”…