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.
Maineville is a village in Warren County, Ohio, United States, with a population of 885 at the 2000 census, up from 359 in 1990. It is called Maineville as the original settlers were from the state of Maine.