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.
Jasper is an unincorporated community in eastern Newton Township, Pike County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45642. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 32, 104, and 124 along the banks of the Scioto River.