Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Choshen Mishpat/384

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Paragraph 1- Whether one damages with his hand or any other part of his body, he threw a stone or shot an arrow and damaged with it, he opened water on another or on another’s vessels and damaged or he spit and he damaged with his phlegm or spittle while it was travelling via his effort, it is as if he damaged with his hands and these are all subcategories of a person who damages. If he spit and the spittle landed on the ground and someone later slipped, however, he would liable because of the laws of a pit because any obstacle is a subcategory of a pit.

Paragraph 2- If one was striking with a hammer and a spark emerged from the under the hammer and caused damaged, he would be liable.

Paragraph 3- If a builder contracted to destroy a wall and he broke or damaged the stones, he would be liable. If he was destroying on one side and stones fell from the other side, he would be exempt. If they fell because of the blow, he would be liable.

Paragraph 4- If a stonecutter cut stones and gave them to the chiseler, and the chiseler damaged them, he would be liable. If the chiseler gave them to the donkey driver, the donkey driver would be liable. If the donkey driver gave them to the porter, the porter would be liable. If the porter gave them to the builder, the builder would be liable. If the builder gave them to the arranger who arranges the stones on the building rows, he would liable. If the stones fell after they were arranged and damaged, and they were all contractors and partners in the work, they would all be liable. If they were hired for the day, the last worker would be liable and the rest would be exempt.