Commentary for Bava Kamma 34:15
ורבא צרורות אתא לאשמועינן לא רבא עגלה מושכת בקרון קא משמע לן
[In the case of a pig] actually doing damage, is it not obvious [that the payment must be in full]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why then was it deemed necessary to give it explicit treatment? ');"><sup>13</sup></span>
Tosafot on Bava Kamma
It seems that if a person throws a rock or arrow towards a vessel and another person comes along and shatters the vessel before the projectile strikes it, certainly the one who shattered the vessel (and not the one who threw the rock) is liable. In this instance we do not apply the rationale of “the second one broke the vessel.” simple logic call for us to distinguish between throwing a rock (toward a vessel) and throwing the vessel itself.
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