Commentary for Bava Kamma 62:9

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> זה בא בחביתו וזה בא בקורתו נשברה כדו של זה בקורתו של זה פטור שלזה רשות להלך ולזה רשות להלך

it has already been interpreted by R. Adda b. Minyomi in the presence of Rabina to refer to a case where inanimate objects have been damaged by the chattels [of the defendant].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which are subject to the laws of Pit involving no liability for inanimate objects. Were, however, the person of the plaintiff to have been injured, there would be no exemption even if the injury were caused by the chattels of the first, as expounded by Raba. ');">¹⁶</span> The Master stated: 'Where, however, they all fell because of the first, the first is liable for the damage [sustained] by them all.' How [indeed can they all] fall [because of the first]? — R. Papa said: Where he blocked the road like a carcass, [closing the whole width of the road]. R. Zebid said: Like a blind man's staff.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [With which the blind gropes his way on either side of the road.] ');">¹⁷</span>

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