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.
Otway is a village in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 86 at the 2000 census. The first house in Otway Village was built in 1841, and the first post office served the area in 1847. The village was platted March 29, 1884.