A mass tort is a civil action involving numerous plaintiffs against one or a few corporate defendants. The tort may involve, for example, personal injuries suffered by numerous plaintiffs as a result of a defective product, or a mass disaster in which there were many injured persons, such as an airplane crash, or exposure of a large group of people to toxic chemicals or pharmaceuticals.
Oakford (also called Fairfield) is an unincorporated town in southwestern Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States. It lies at a railroad crossing of State Road 26, little more than 1 mile (about 2 km) west of State Road 26's intersection with U.S. Route 31. Oakford is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.