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.
Kerr is an unincorporated community in southeastern Springfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45643. Kerr is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area. Public education in the community of Kerr is provided by the Gallia County Local School District.