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.
Philo is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River. The population was 769 at the 2000 census. Philo is the closest municipality to Blue Rock State Park.