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.
Oxford is an affluent village in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,540 at the 2000 census. The village is located within Oxford Charter Township. The village is both politically and geographically a part of the township. The village calls itself sister city to Oxford, England.