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.
Homerville is an unincorporated community in central Homer Township, Medina County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44235. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 224 with State Route 301. Homerville is situated in the rural quad-county area where Ashland, Lorain, Medina, and Wayne Counties meet. The economy is based largely upon agriculture, including livestock raising, dairy farming, and crop farming. Children in the Homerville area attend the schools of Black River School District.