Commentary for Bava Kamma 102:6

פשיטא מהו דתימא למטה הוא דהבלא דידיה קא קטיל ליה אבל למעלה דלא הבלא דידיה קא קטיל אימא לא קמ"ל

For even there [in their own case] the Rabbis would not say that the last digger should be liable, save in a case where the first digger did not make the pit of the minimum depth capable of killing, whereas [in this case] where the first digger made the pit of the minimum depth capable of killing even the Rabbis would agree that all the diggers should be liable.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the liability upon all of them in the former Baraitha. ');">⁴</span>

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