Boris, quite literally, wrote the book on dealing with acade…

Boris, quite literally, wrote the book on dealing with academic stress/overload. In his work titled Burnout: A Quick Fire, he details many of his experiences both attending and tutoring at the University of Florida, utilizing anecdotes to make suggestions on how to survive as a scholar. Doing battle for many years against some of the most rigid and time-consuming curriculums the school has to offer, his work has become iconic on campus, often seen just about everywhere in its well-known blue pages. Having recently retired from tutoring to focus on his own career, Boris was able to make time to submit a copyright for his book which was approved. Being the sole owner and distributor of his work, Boris has not licensed with any vendors to sell his book. However, his former employer (arguing that Boris had written some of the book on company time even though he had been reprimanded for neglecting his normal duties to do so) has seen fit to sell copies of Boris’s book that they produced from a singular copy they had purchased (and proceeded to mass reproduce using their industrial copy machines). Under which of the following elements of copyright would Boris’s former employer be permitted to do this given the current circumstances?

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?

While walking through a park with his daughter, Siegfried no…

While walking through a park with his daughter, Siegfried noticed that the park was heavily concentrated with broken glass from the festivities the night before. He decided that the park was not safe for his daughter to play in. On their way home, Siegfried called the owner of the park and told him about the current state of litter and broken glass around the park. The owner assured Siegfried the glass would all be picked up within the next couple of days. Relieved, Siegfried decides to take his entire family back to the park two weeks later. As they approach the picnic area, Siegfried realizes that the park is in the same condition as it was two weeks ago. Upset, Siegfried calls to his daughter, – age 9 – who has run ahead. Siegfried tells Gerlinde to come back to the car, so that they can go home. Running back through the edge of the park to the car, Gerlinde steps on a piece of glass and lacerates her foot quite severely. Now irate, Siegfried decides that the best course of action is to file a suit on behalf of Gerlinde. What would be the most likely result of a suit alleging negligence against the park’s owner?