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.
Hockingport is an unincorporated community in southeastern Troy Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45739. It is located at the intersection of State Routes 124 and 144. It lies on the Ohio River, located below Little Hocking and above Reedsville.