Commentary for Bava Kamma 67:18

אמר רבא פחת נבילה איכא בינייהו רבי מאיר סבר פחת נבילה דניזק הוי ורבי יהודה סבר פחת נבילה דמזיק הוי פלגא

Could you expect me to pay for it?' — R. Ashi thereupon said: The depreciation [referred to] is due to the injury, in which case the plaintiff is entitled to contend, '[The evil effect of] the horn of your ox is still buried within the suffering animal.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The depreciation is thus a direct result of the injury for which the defendant is responsible. ');">¹⁶</span>

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