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.
Rittman is a city in Medina and Wayne Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The city is governed by Wayne County, although a small portion of the city is located in Medina County. The population was 6,314 at the 2000 census. Rittman is served by a branch of the Wayne County Public Library.