Four children chasing a kite drowned in a frozen pond. This widelyadopted casebook covers all major aspects of tort law with expertly edited cases and original text.Instead, the defendant would be liable only if he intended to strike the plaintiff or if he was at fault (negligent) in striking him. There are many variants of no-fault compensation schemes with varying degrees of residual tort liability and various types of insurance or non-insurance. In a pure no-fault system, it is neither necessary nor even possible to sue other parties for the costs associated with automo- bile accidents. There are two distinct inquiries to satisfy the causation element for negligence.