Long v. Manzo

RUFE, J., J.,

This opinion is written pursuant to an appeal by plaintiffs, Cynthia and Deborah Long from our order dated July 19, 1995, wherein we denied plaintiffs’ motion for post-trial relief. Plaintiffs contend that this court erred in granting a motion for compulsory nonsuit in favor of both defendants at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence.

On July 24, 1986, plaintiff Cynthia Long, then 13 years old, was left at home with her 11-year-old sister while their mother was at work. As was the custom that summer, the two girls walked to a nearby playground to meet their friends. At the playground…