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.
Racine is a village in Meigs County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 746 at the 2000 census. Racine is Ohio's closest incorporated village to Buffington Island, the site of Ohio's only battle in the American Civil War.