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.
Carbon Hill is an unincorporated community in central Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43111. State Route 278, located on the western edge of Carbon Hill, is its main north-south street.