Bava Kamma 27A

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exempt, as it is impossible to sentence any one of them to death since no one person killed the victim and there is no death penalty for partially killing a person. R' Yehuda ben Beteira says: If they beat him sequentially the last one to beat him is liable for the death of the victim, because he

The Talmud discusses a similar scenario: If one threw a child from a roof and a forewarned ox came along and impaled the child on its horns and the child died, the question of whether or not the owner of the ox is liable to pay ransom is dependent upon the dispute between R' Yishmael, son of R' Yoḥa

§ Rabba says another similar halakha: If a man fell from a roof and while falling was inserted into a woman due to the force of the fall, but he did not have the intention to have sex, he is liable to pay the 4 types of indemnity. And if this woman was his yevama waiting for him to perform levirate

The Talmud explains: What are the 4 types of indemnity that he is liable to pay? He is liable to pay for the damage, for the pain, for the medical costs, and for the loss of livelihood. But he is not liable to pay compensation for humiliation, as we learned in a Mishnah (86a): One is not liable to

And Rabba says another, similar halakha: If one fell from a roof due to an atypical wind, such that it could not have been anticipated in advance that he would fall, and while falling he caused damage and humiliated the injured party, he is liable for the damage but exempt from paying the 4 types o