The theories on which I base my decision are res ipsa loquitor and negligence per se. Res ipsa loquitor means that it “creates a presumption that the defendant was negligent because he had sole control of the situation and that the plaintiff would not have suffered harm.” Negligence per se means that “an act of the defendant that violates a regulation or ordinance can be used to establish a breach of duty of care” (Mayer et al., 2014, p. 163). Therefore, I believe that the injury of the Prius driver and the people at the train station is George's fault, because the negligence and carelessness are foreseeable. Now what about the sparks caught in the wiring leading to the other chain of events. I believe George should not be held liable for negligence because he was unforeseeable. He couldn't stop it from blowing up a barn and unleashing a series of