Abner had just bought a new dirt bike and was riding it arou…

Abner had just bought a new dirt bike and was riding it around town for the first time. Abner was curious how fast the dirt bike could go. So, Abner put the bike in fifth gear and pulled back the throttle as far as it could go. Abner, going full speed, approached a redlight and crosswalk with Rollie walking her dog across the road. Abner slammed on the front brake, but the bike kept sliding forward and hit Rollie, who suffered severe personal injuries as a result of the accident. Rollie sues Abner for negligence. Abner’s main defense is that he was new to riding dirt bikes and had no idea that it would take that long to stop. Will Abner’s lack of experience with the dirt bike be a defense?

Tarboro owns a ranch in Palatka, Florida that borders a majo…

Tarboro owns a ranch in Palatka, Florida that borders a major road. A nine-year-old boy is riding his bicycle down the road on a hot day and sees a large holding pond on the edge of Tarboro’s property and decides to take a swim and cool down. Little does the boy know, Tarboro is a reptile lover and has stocked the pond with various alligators and crocodiles. The alligators and crocodiles quickly consume the boy. The boy’s parents find his bike near the pond and sue Tarboro for damages. How would a court likely decide this case?

Pacheco’s Engineering Company uses a large manual containing…

Pacheco’s Engineering Company uses a large manual containing information for its workforce. The manual is 500 pages long, sells for $150, and is published by We Publish book publishers. Pacheco’s makes some copies of its own book (the Pacheco’s Book), which consists of 400 pages from the We Publish manual and 50 pages from other sources. To train most of its hundreds of workers, Pacheco’s asks each such worker to purchase a copy of the Pacheco’s Book from Caleb’s Copying Coalition, which takes the 450-page Pacheco’s Book and prints copies for sale at cost to the workers. Pacheco’s then reimburses the workers. We Publish demands that this process stop and prepares to file a lawsuit and seek damages from Pacheco’s. Can Pacheco’s be found liable for copyright infringement?