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.
New Springfield is an unincorporated community in southern Springfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44443. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 165 and 617. The community is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.