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.
Martel is an unincorporated community in central Tully Township, Marion County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it had a post office, with the ZIP code of 43335. After its post office was closed, the community was made part of the Caledonia ZIP code area.