Angela would be able to sue Mario for the unintentional tort negligence. Mario was negligent because he unintentionally caused injury to Angela’s home in a situation where he was aware his actions could cause damage to the renovations going on in her home at the time. In order for Mario to be found negligent, Angela must prove three factors: duty of care, standard of care, and cause-in-fact. Duty of care is the obligation to avoid careless actions that could cause harm to one or more persons. Mario can be proved guilty of duty of care because he had answered a phone call on the job, which influenced him to leave because of an emergency without closing the water pipes and leaving them open. This led to the flood in the basement when Angela