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?
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Igor is driving down the street when he runs a redlight. Adley crashes into Igor in the middle of the intersection. Then, Carter, who is slightly speeding, comes along and crashes into both of them. Adley is severely injured and sues Igor and Carter for negligence. However, Igor and Carter are able to prove that Adley was speeding, and that Adley’s injuries would not have been so severe if he was not speeding. The jury ultimately finds that Adley is 30% at fault, that Carter is 20% at fault, and that Igor is 50% at fault. Adley’s damages are $100,000. How much does Adley recover from Igor and Carter under the doctrine of contributory negligence, and “pure”, “less than”, and “no greater than” comparative fault?
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David owns and operates a retail outlet that sells equipment to grocery stores. He carries new Montague Manufacturers meat slicers, one of which is sold to Benvolio’s Butchering Boutique (BBB). A few days after the purchase, Athena, a BBB employee, was slicing meat for a customer when the blade flew off the slicer and injured Jones, who was strolling by. If Jones can establish that Montague Manufacturers provided defective parts to David, but asserts a claim against David for the injury, what is Jones’s best theory of liability?
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