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.
Bryan is a city in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,333 at the 2000 census. The estimated population in 2005 was 8,360 residents. It is the county seat of Williams County, and the largest city in the county.