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.
Millfield is an unincorporated community in northern Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45761. It is located along State Route 13 midway between Chauncey and Jacksonville. Millfield is the home of the largest living white oak tree in the State of Ohio. Located on the Ancient Oak Farm owned by the Simpkins family.