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Supreme Court No. 2004-310-Appeal. (PC 99-3965) (PC 02-6115) (PC 03-2063) Roxanna Morales a/k/a Roxanna Vinagre v. Town of Johnston et al. v. Ronald Rotondo d/b/a A Cut Above Landscaping Service. : : : : :

Present: Williams, C.J., Goldberg, Suttell, and Robinson, JJ. OPINION Justice Goldberg, for the Court. These consolidated cases came before the Supreme Court on December 7, 2005. The plaintiff, Roxanna Morales a/k/a Roxanna Vinagre (Morales or plaintiff), filed suit against the City of Central Falls and the Central Falls School District (Central Falls or school district), the Town of Johnston and the Johnston School Committee (Johnston or town), and Ronald Rotondo, d/b/a A Cut Above Landscaping Service (Rotondo), for an injury she suffered while playing in a high school soccer game. After plaintiff presented her case, the trial justice granted Johnston's and Rotondo's motions for judgment as a matter of law. The jury returned a verdict against Central Falls, the only remaining defendant, and awarded plaintiff $212,000. Central Falls appeals from several of the trial justice's rulings. The plaintiff appeals from the trial justice's grant of judgment as a matter of law in favor of Johnston and Rotondo. For the reasons stated herein, we vacate the judgment with respect to Central Falls and

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Johnston, affirm the judgment concerning Rotondo, and remand these cases to the Superior Court. Facts and Travel The multiple appeals and myriad of issues in this case arose from a simple event and an equally simple place: a high school soccer game and the field on which the game was played. On September 10, 1997, Morales, a student-athlete at Central Falls High School and a member of its soccer team, played in an away-game against Johnston High School. Although it is unclear from the record which team won the game that day, plaintiff suffered an extraordinary loss. The game was held at Johnston High School

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