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.
Milford is a village in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,272 at the 2000 census. The 2008 Census Bureau Estimate places the population at 6,482. The village is located within Milford Township.